Adventure

Noble Retribution

Jack Noble is dead. A ghost. At least that is what the world believes. Truth is, he’s been hiding out on the Greek Island of Crete for six months.

Three people know Jack’s secret. One is with him. Another needs him back in the U.S. The third wants him dead.

Six months is a long time for a guy like Jack to be out of action. His edge has eroded. He is contemplating leaving his old life, slipping away, disappearing for good. But Jack realizes he can’t hide forever. He made a mess, now he has to clean it up. He will repay his debt.

The Getaway

A series of violent and highly successful bank robberies have been carried out across the city, all by the same five-man team. Millions of dollars have been stolen. The thieves are slick, efficient, well-organised and vicious. The FBI are getting nowhere in tracking them down. With pressure from Washington mounting and the heists continuing, the Feds desperately search for any leads.

They need results and they need them fast.

Across the city, Sam Archer is in town for a funeral. At the service, he is approached by an old family friend who works out of the FBI’s New York Office. He’s leading the case against the thieves and has a proposition for Archer. He needs the English counter-terrorist cop to go undercover, and try to get inside their circle. Make contact and gain their trust. Find out the secrets of their success. Given his English accent and his cover story, it’s a solid plan. They’ll never connect him to the FBI. Nevertheless, Archer is ready to refuse, but his old acquaintance tells him something else, a shocking revelation that ties Archer to this case personally. It’s all the convincing he needs.

He agrees to the plan, and goes undercover.

As he establishes contact with the crew and gets deeper and deeper, Archer learns they’re planning to leave the city for good in just a matter of days, but only after performing two final spectacular heists. In a race against time Archer is forced to think on his feet or be killed as he gets caught up in the lethal crossfire between the thieves and law enforcement, none of whom know who he really is. As the clock ticks towards the thieves’ departure and as the stakes get higher and higher, Archer must both find a murderer and prevent two of the biggest heists in the history of New York City.

Sold Out

A CIA hunter-killer group, who will stop at nothing to silence the story.

This is the book you’ve been looking for: a deep, dark conspiracy that should delight those who loved the Jason Bourne movies, as well as fans of authors Vince Flynn, Tom Clancy, and Stephen Hunter. You won’t believe what happens when free speech slams into the messy realities of national security.

Meet Nick Woods, a former Marine Scout Sniper, who used to be one of our country’s greatest operatives.

Meet Allen Green, a ballsy reporter in his fifties, who’s desperate to break the biggest story since Watergate.

Nick is in hiding, living under an alias, and believes he’ll never be found. Allen is opposed to all violence and believes he will never use a gun against someone.

Both couldn’t be more wrong….

“Sold Out” is an epic, fast-paced story that will leave you breathless, waiting to see what happens next. It’s also the first book in the spectacular Nick Woods Marine Sniper series (fourth book to land in Summer, 2016).

The Nick Woods series has remained in the Top 100 on Amazon for more than three years. The series has also been picked up by Audible.com for a multi-book audio deal.

Destiny

When former CIA code-breaker, Paul Marcus, receives the call he thinks it’s a hoax. He’s asked to analyze a cache of papers found locked in an old trunk. They were the last manuscripts written by Isaac Newton. Using Newton’s math and notes, Marcus begins to see a pattern leading to a prophecy so frightening that to reveal it will change world events. At the time of his death. Newton was searching for ancient biblical codes that may open a locked window into future events. Newton helped explain gravity — but could he do the same for human destiny?

Thank you for writing this long and very entertaining book. It covers the basics of what I look for in a book: mystery, action, a touch of romance, a look into the past and how it is relevant to the present, visions of other countries I have yet to see in person… I hope you write more like it. It is excellent! Mr. Lowe’s excellent writing skills create a vivid image in the readers’ mind creating the feeling that we have been there for the adventures his characters are going through and anxiously anticipating what will happen next. I couldn’t put this one down! I hope Mr. Lowe feels so inspired to write more like this. Thank you! This would make a great movie!!

The Feedback Loop

“Life and death in a video game — 5 stars.” -Amazon reviewer“A mad, insane, totally awesome sci-fi story!” -Amazon top 500 reviewer“Add this book to your reading loop!” -Amazon reviewer

A ground-breaking LitRPG series set in various virtual worlds!

Quantum Hughes is a maverick. Stuck in a digital dream world, he lives the same day on repeat, battling his way through a gritty noir city known as The Loop only to spawn again the next morning.

Everything changes once he receives a mysterious message from a woman named Frances Euphoria, the first human he’s met in years. Soon, a group of real-life corporate assassins known as Reapers are on his tail, hoping to give him an early retirement. As good as he is at fighting, the Reapers have weapons that could imprison him forever or worse, kill him for good.

A new type of corporate warfare, humor, a city of vice, brutal action, a star-crossed romance that spans two worlds, a cast of unforgettable characters and NPCs – get ready to be hooked on this action-packed science fiction series! Definitely for fans of Philip K. Dick, video games, Ready Player One, Tron, anime, cyberpunk, LitRPG and sci-fi adventure novels.

Download The Feedback Loop and get started right now, tonight, as soon as you humanly can. Book four is out soon, and you won’t believe where this series is going! Discover why the thin line between dream and reality is pixelated.

LitRPG is a new genre of science fiction that merges sci-fi, fantasy, thriller elements and online video games. Expect the unexpected, and be sure to check out the other writers in this blossoming genre.

FLINDER’S FIELD

With a quarter of a million downloads, the bestselling author of ‘Max’ and ‘The House of the Wicked’, D. M. Mitchell has been compared to Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Ruth Rendell, M. R. James, Linwood Barclay, Umberto Eco, the Bronte sisters, Charles Dickens and many others. Discover for yourself why D. M. Mitchell is being regarded by some as one of the UK’s most original and exciting writers of psychological thrillers and murder mysteries.

In November 1974, a young woman called Sylvia Tredwin goes missing. Nobody has the faintest idea where she’s gone. She was wearing only a light skirt and T-shirt, didn’t take anything with her, no suitcase, nothing. Simply went out one dark evening and never returned.

Some say she went off with another man, because there’d already been talk in the small Somerset village of Petheram that she’s that type of woman – attractive, flirty with it, dressed too provocatively. But her husband, Bruce Tredwin, doesn’t believe a word of the callous whisperings of the locals as they gossip about his outsider wife. So he never gives up searching for her. A fortnight later on a stormy winter’s night he finds her. She’s naked in a place called Flinder’s Field, wandering aimlessly, badly bruised and in total shock. But what she says to him will astound everyone.

She says she’s been abducted by aliens, and she was never to be the same again, with tragic consequences…

Forty years later and George Lee is coming back to Petheram, the village of his birth. His estranged father has died and there are things his mother would like him to sort out. George hates the village, couldn’t wait to get out and make a life for himself as a writer of cheap and gory thrillers. He notices that Adam Tredwin, Sylvia Tredwin’s son, has also returned to Petheram. As children, the two used to be friends, briefly, before Adam’s father was killed in the 1980s by a hit-and-run driver and Sylvia took him away from the village.

But it’s when George begins to tidy out his father’s loft and slowly begins to learn more details about Sylvia Tredwin’s disappearance that he starts to uncover dark secrets and hidden truths – discoveries that will peel back the decades to reveal a labyrinthine world of madness, jealousies, deceit, lies and murder. He little knows his idle quest to find out the truth behind Sylvia Tredwin’s abduction will have profound and dangerous consequences for all concerned.

D. M. Mitchell pens yet anther taut psychological thriller and murder mystery, set in the claustrophobic world of a small Somerset village, with a bevy of believable characters and a plot that twists and turns in Mitchell’s inimitable style to a deliciously shocking and unexpected conclusion.

On a dark Los Angeles freeway, someone fires a gunshot at a local football star.

His family turns to Private Investigator Burnside, a former football star himself, who has recently left the LAPD. As he battles his way through the investigation, Burnside’s own life is repeatedly placed in jeopardy, and the body count starts to pile up.

Burnside encounters beautiful girls, wayward athletes and overworked cops on his way toward finding a killer who knows he’s looking for them. And as he navigates this perilous path, Burnside also comes to grips with a betrayal from his past, one that keeps returning to him, no matter how hard he tries to avoid it.

Set against the sun drenched backdrop of a hot Los Angeles summer, Post Pattern provides readers with an engaging, action-packed story. The novel delivers a smart, sexy plot with crackling dialogue and fascinating characters.

FADE ROUTE (Book 2):

A candidate for mayor has been murdered and there’s one obvious suspect.

But Burnside, the former football star turned private investigator, pushes forward into a harrowing investigation that reveals more and more possible culprits, all with their own motives. As the action intensifies, Burnside himself becomes embroiled in a case which goes beyond just one murder. And when the police suspect he’s a person of interest, Burnside must race against time to find the killer.

With little more to go on than his gut feeling, Burnside pokes at everything around him. Desperately trying to untangle a web of deceit that threatens to destroy him personally, he is also faced with a scenario that could take down an entire community..

BUBBLE SCREEN (Book 3):

It starts with some missing warehouse inventory, but the case quickly moves beyond simple larceny. And when theft turns to murder, the stakes rise dramatically, and the action intensifies.

The story leads Private Investigator Burnside onto the trail of some people who will do anything to acquire money — and they will use any means necessary to keep it. And as he plunges into the investigation, Burnside also has to make a life altering decision about his own future.

Interweaving the world of business with the world of football, Bubble Screen is set in the heart of Los Angeles. It is a captivating thrill ride that combines fascinating characters, wry humor, and an explosive ending that is both stunning and unexpected.

Noble Justice: Jack Noble & Corps Justice Bundle

In March of 2002, while the eyes of the world focused on Afghanistan, Jack Noble finds himself on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. A Marine in name only, Jack is on-loan to the CIA. Normally an integral part of the team, he finds that he is nothing more than a security detail in Iraq.

Jack and his partner Bear have a run-in with four CIA special agents over the treatment of an Iraqi family. Within hours Jack and Bear are detained.

All Jack wanted was to finish his enlistment and move on with his life. All he did was intervene and save a family from unwarranted violence at the hands of four CIA agents. But he soon discovers that he did far more than intervene. He has placed himself dead square in the middle of a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the U.S. government.

This Jack Noble political thriller is not for the faint of heart!

A DEADLY DISTANCE (JACK NOBLE #2) – over 200 5-star reviews!

Washington, D.C. Midday. A man waits at a bus stop, his intentions unknown. Two government operatives have been stalking him for days, waiting for him to make his move. Unexpectedly, the man takes off running and heads for a deserted warehouse.

Jack Noble and his partner, Frank Skinner, believe the man to be part of a terrorist organization that is involved in smuggling drugs and guns and men into the country. But it turns out their plan involves far more export than import, and hits a lot closer to home.

As the case in this explosive action thriller unfolds, the man behind it all reaches out to Jack with a simple message… 37 hours.

BACK TO WAR (Corps Justice #1) – over 110 5-star reviews!

A Marine’s girlfriend murdered…
A gang on the rise…
A warrior takes the battle to the enemy…

In a bloody gang initiation gone wrong, Former Marine Staff Sergeant Cal Stokes simultaneously loses his fiancé and is thrust into America’s unforgiving criminal underbelly. Never one to back down, the Navy Cross winner is forced to use the skills honed in the Marines along with the assets of his deceased father’s company, Stokes Security International (S.S.I.), to track down his enemy and penetrate the ruthless world of criminal violence. He must seek his own brand of justice…

Corps Justice.

COUNCIL OF PATRIOTS (Corps Justice #2) – over 90 5-star reviews!

A beautiful woman butchered…
A Congressman blackmailed…
A secret cabal of Japanese imperialists…

A small group of retired politicians form to protect America. The Council of Patriots is born. Former Marine Cal Stokes, and his team at SSI, head to Las Vegas, to uncover an invisible enemy that threatens to infiltrate the Democratic National Convention. What is their endgame, and more importantly: Who is the American politician pulling the strings?

With assassins around every corner, and a supposed ally manipulating both sides, Stokes must carefully utilize his team and the Council to stop the rise of a new empire.

What Hurts the Most

Imagine being asked that question standing face to face with a killer. What would you answer?

While her life is going from bad to worse, journalist Mary Mills receives a phone call from her father telling her that her brother has been arrested for murder. Mary decides to go back to her hometown of Cocoa Beach, Florida, which she left twenty years back and has never visited since.

Working with her old friends from the 7th Street Crew, she tracks down the most disturbing and surprising killer this town has ever faced before a shocking conclusion turns everything upside down for them.

Determined to solve the murder and to have her brother acquitted, Mary is forced to face demons from her past she never thought she would have to again.

˃˃˃ What Hurts the Most is a chilling, fast-paced story of murder and revenge.

It’s the first in Willow Rose’s new series about Mary Mills and her childhood friends from 7th Street. It is full of the twists and turns that Willow Rose is known and loved for by readers all over the world.

Bishop’s War

This fast-paced and action-packed suspense thriller introduces us to Special Forces Sergeant John Bishop, decorated war hero, and nephew of crime boss, Gonzalo Valdez. After returning home from Afghanistan John’s hopes for a peaceful future are quickly shattered when he is catapulted back into the global war on terror through a succession of life-threatening events and corrupt intrigue. He battles against terrorist operatives in New York, a powerful Afghan warlord, and a psychopathic billionaire with powerful White House connections. When John’s uncle gets involved, he proceeds to treat John’s enemies to a bitter taste of mob vengeance. From that point on the ride speeds up and the reader will have to hold on for dear life. This is a thriller not to be matched for intensity and breathless excitement—not for the faint-hearted.

I am an older lady, but life’s too short to only read cozy mysteries and romance novels. Sometimes I crave something thrilling, How about a military suspense thriller? Bishops’s War was the answer and a great read! The book has a fast and twisting plot involving the war on terror in Afghanistan, terrorists in New York City, government corruption, and a family crime syndicate. Our hero, Sgt. John Bishop a Special Ops officer must face attacks on many fronts and from many enemies. And, as often is the case, he learns that the biggest war is the battle we fight with ourselves. This book will engage you with the plot, characters, and solid writing. There are many well-developed characters that encompass most of humanity’s best and worst traits. Highly recommend!

This is a great suspense-thriller, definitely a page turner that reminded me of some of my favorite books by guys like Baldacci, Grisham, Patterson and Connelly. The subject matter combines elements of the classic war hero comes home story, mixed in with terrorist activity on American soil, government corruption, and the involvement of a powerful organized crime family – really very timely subject matter with everything going on in the world today! I really loved how it all came together, and every step along the way I found myself rooting for the protagonist John Bishop and his colorful mix of buddies and family members. Likewise, there’s some terrible bad guys in the book and they really are quite despicable! There’s really some great character development, complimented with a lot of sharp and funny dialogue and interactions amongst the major players. Another aspect of the book that I really appreciated was the detailed descriptions of the various settings where everything takes place. Most of the action is in New York City…and specifically on the Lower East Side (or the LES, as it’s affectionately called). You can definitely tell this is the place the author was born and raised, and he pays great homage to the neighborhood with vivid descriptions of it’s past and present and how it’s changed over the years to become the thriving borough that it is now. You can almost imagine what it would be like to hang out in the LES on a beautiful summer day, and if you did you could probably expect to run into some guys that reminded you of John Bishop, Felix the Cat and a huge guy named Bunny.

In conclusion, if you’re looking for a great suspense novel with an original storyline and plenty of interesting twists and turns, I would highly recommend Bishop’s War!

Deadly Straits: The Ultimate Terrorist Attack

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BOOK DESCRIPTION – DEADLY STRAITS

Compulsively readable. A non-stop thrill ride, from London streets to the Singapore docks, to the decks of the tankers that slake the world’s thirst for oil, with stops along the way in Panama, Langley, Virginia, and Teheran. Deadly Straits is, in the words of one reviewer, “fast-paced, multilayered and gripping.”

WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction) are all around us, hiding in plain sight. One in just the right place will bring the world to its knees. When a cabal of international terrorists engineers not one act of terror, but three, part-time spook turned CIA scapegoat Tom Dugan is the only one with a clue.

But no one will listen. They’re too busy trying to kill him.

Subject matter expert R.E. McDermott uses his thirty years of experience in the global oil trade to craft a suspenseful tale of international intrigue as realistic as it is terrifying. A note from the author:

Like many marine professionals, I’ve long understood the potential for using loaded tankers as WMDs in a terrorist attack. Concerned, but lacking a platform, I decided the best way to raise public awareness of the threat was a book. But I still had a bit of a problem; no one ever heard of me (and most still haven’t). I had no public presence (and didn’t really want one) so I figured I’d reach far more people with an entertaining novel than a non-fiction effort no one was likely to read. Thus, I was putting the finishing touches on the final draft of DEADLY STRAITS when Osama bin Laden was finally sent to his just reward in May of 2011. It came as no surprise to me that among the papers captured in the raid on OBL’s compound were extensive plans for just the sort of attacks portrayed in Deadly Straits.

Deadly Straits is fiction, and Tom Dugan and his supporting cast of heroes and villains are all somewhat larger-than-life products of my overactive imagination. It is a source of some satisfaction that five years and over 1300 reader reviews later, the story has been so well received by a great number of readers. However, the threats described in Deadly Straits are all too real, and my pleasure at the success of the novel is somewhat dampened by the knowledge that nothing has really happened to mitigate those threats. We’ve been lucky. Let’s hope our luck holds.

The Collar and the Cavvarach

Bensin, a teenage slave and martial artist, is desperate to see his little sister freed. But only victory in the Krillonian Empire’s most prestigious tournament will allow him to secretly arrange for Ellie’s escape. Dangerous people are closing in on her, however, and Bensin is running out of time. With his one hope fading quickly away, how can Bensin save Ellie from a life of slavery and abuse?

“Lima has crafted a remarkable book that gives a scary reality to slavery and a well thought out martial art …. This is a good read, the reader will not be disappointed.”

– Stefanie Longwood, Yellow 30 Sci-Fi Review

“This is one of the most enjoyable books I have read recently, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who enjoys speculative fiction. A rare diamond in the sea of Indie rough.”
-David G. Johnson, author of the Chadash Chronicles

“A fun read … almost an urban fantasy in another world with strong parallels to ours. (The author) gets us involved in her speculative world and the story is satisfying with many twists.”
-David Bergsland, author of Daniel’s Mighty Men, radiqx.com

The Torment Of Rachel Ames

Suffering from writer’s block, novelist Rachel Ames escapes to a lake cabin to calm her mind and regain a sense of herself. The location is perfect. Isolated. Beautiful. Inspiring. It even comes with a good-looking landlord who shows an interest in her. But she can’t shake the sense that something terrible has followed her to the lake, something just beyond her consciousness, something out on the edge where the sounds of a raging fire and sirens linger whenever she slows down to listen. Determined to make the cabin work, she tries to settle in and give her new life a chance. But when strange things begin to happen around her, she wonders if she’s made a terrible mistake. As the darkness that’s followed her manifests itself in inexplicable ways, her concept of reality is stretched thin and she realizes nothing at the lake is what it seems. As she fights to survive with her sanity intact, she understands too late that the location she’s chosen for herself is far from perfect.

“Cinematic, engrossing, scary and thought-provoking all at the same time. This story kept me guessing throughout. Once I sat down to read it, I didn’t stop until I’d turned the last page…then I read it a second time. I have a feeling that will happen to a lot of people.” – Jim Beard, Screenwriter

“A joy to read! A creepy, unsettling, dark joy, but a joy nonetheless. If you enjoy dark stories with psychological twists, this is a must read.” – Kate Tilton, Founder Kate Tilton’s Author Services, LLC

“Jeff Gunhus has combined everything that we fans of mystery novels and tension filled psychological thrillers love in a book. The suspense in this book is incredible with many twists to make this book so awesome. Jeff Gunhus has written his best book ever and I hope he writes a sequel to this book.” – Mary Garza

“The book is well-written. The suspense stays with the reader as you try to decipher what’s real and what’s not. And just when I thought I had it all figured out, there’s a ‘gotcha’ that leads to a surprising ending.” – Linda Strong

“Another brilliant book by Jeff Gunhus! He really knows how to draw you in and keep you turning the pages!…I highly recommended this book and if you enjoy a writer who is a mix between Steven King and Dean Koontz then you will enjoy his books!” – Terri Crossley

“Gunhus does not disappoint…Gunhus has tremendous ability with crafting the psychological thriller, creating characters that are multi-layered, that you’d like to have a beer with.” – Jonathan Urban

The Galilee Plot

A lethal microorganism, adapted to attack only the DNA of Jews, is running riot in a settlement in Galilee.

Racially motivated biological terror is the chilling specter evoked by renowned storyteller Shlomo Kalo in this fast-moving and thought-provoking novel.

While on vacation in Zurich, an Israeli microbiologist and his wife learn of a frightening development back in their homeland. A former colleague of the husband, now a radicalized Muslim, has set lose from afar a disastrous strain in Israel. The couple along with the Mossad are drafted in to avert disaster.

As the story races from Zurich to Berlin, New York to Israel, the thrilling plot is interlaced with philosophical and spiritual insights about life in today’s chaotic world, as we root for the humorous and harmonious couple to save the day.

“When you sit down to read this book, clear off all the duties you planned for the evening! Kalo writes in a fascinating way, using an exceptional language. If you haven’t read so far any book by Kalo, which is a pity, then this one is a starting point to get to know him!” Danny Beller, Maariv, Israel

The Fourteenth Protocol

A terrorist on the loose, a country in panic, and time is running out.

After an eleventh terrorist attack, the American people are at a breaking point. But when a fledgling special agent stumbles across the one clue that could break the case wide open, she uncovers a secret CIA spy operation and becomes the only asset that can stop it.

Come inside this spider’s web of espionage, conspiracy and intrigue, and witness young Agent Baker’s struggles against evil and her own fears as they take her to the edge of the abyss; and the clock is ticking.

The Fourteenth Protocol
“Ripe with SUSPENSE, ESPIONAGE, and RIVETING ACTION…preys upon our worst fears: Terrorism in our own backyard. I’ve found a new Brad Thor espionage book collection.…a spy series thriller novel that keeps you guessing and an ending that will leave you hungry for more.”
— Michael Lucker, Screenwriter to Paramount, Disney, DreamWorks, Fox, Universal

“CONSPIRACY wrapped by INTRIGUE AND SUSPENSE, then TIED IN KNOTS.”
-– Kevin McLaughlin, Special Agent, DEA

“Like David Baldacci thriller book collection all in one. Undoubtedly one of the best spy thrillers I’ve read in years. This spy series is fast paced, unrelenting!”

“…his writing is excellent…this will be a best selling terrorist spy thriller in 2015…makes my top list of espionage thriller books to read.”

“The heroine in peril, Jana Baker, is such a strong female lead character. She’s scared but has the guts of any male special agent. Makes for one of the great thriller books to read.”

“The plot is a mix of James Bond, 24, and Call of Duty.”
— Russ Atkinson, Special Agent, FBI (ret.), thriller book author.

“I am going to blow off work so I can finish reading this spy mystery series. No joke. An intrigue novel that has New York Times bestseller list 2015 written all over it.”

“One of the best new mystery thriller authors…author has hit this one out of the park. One of the best terrorism crime novels I’ve read in years. Can’t wait until this thriller is made into a CIA spy thriller series collection.”

“…a mystery book with an edge of your seat quality that keeps you sucked in.”

“I ended up falling in love with the main characters…definitely a 2015 bestseller.”

“I really hope this kind of thing doesn’t happen in real life. A government conspiracy that leads all the way to the white house and the president, a rogue CIA agent…and just one FBI special agent to stop it.”

“The undercover CIA thing is so realistic. I love finding the bestselling mysteries like this…one of my favorite thriller books to read in 2015.”

“Terrorism, suspense, gunfire, romance…all with a strong female lead character. What else are you looking for? Rivals the New York Times bestsellers by, Brad Thor, or David Baldacci…”

“A CIA spy series to watch.”

“This book is like a Jody Foster / FBI special agent Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs without the lunatic psycho…faced with death and a white house government conspiracy. If this book doesn’t become one of the bestselling mysteries out there, I don’t know what would.”

Changing of the Guard

“I thought my parents were killed when two runaway packhorses threw off their loads at the Ebonson Carrying Company…I was wrong.”

Queen Victoria ascends the throne in 1837 and heralds in a new era of prosperity for the British Empire. Whilst the great Norlong and Ebonson families fly the flag for the British Empire, Edward Urwin spends his time scratching pieces of art into the cobblestones of Birmingham.

Life is straightforward for Edward until a strange old man approaches him in the street. With the help of Henry Beechworth, Edward learns to read and use his special talents to win a place at St. John’s Boarding School.

But it isn’t all down to good fortune. Edward doesn’t realise he’s under control of forces far more powerful than him. Forces that are determined to shape him in their image. Forces that are determined to bury the mystery of the demise of the Urwin family for good…

Check out the first books of my other series, including Made in Yorkshire and the War Years.

Pushed Too Far: A Thriller

Two years ago a woman was brutally murdered, her body burned until only ash and shattered bone remained. Police Sergeant Valerie Ryker solved that case, putting psychopath Dixon Hess in prison for life, and becoming the first female police chief of her tiny Wisconsin town.

A COP’S UNFORGIVABLE MISTAKE

Then the original murder victim turns up in a frozen lake, all in one piece and only recently dead, and Val must enter a race against time. In only forty-eight hours, Hess will be set free, and he wants payback. And Val, her town, and everyone she loves are at the top of his list.

A KILLER’S NEXT VICTIM

But surviving Hess’s vengeance is only part of her dilemma. For there’s another killer in Lake Loyal. One who may be closer to Val than she knows…

Val will need all the help she can get, including a sexy firefighter, her dead sister’s daughter, and a tough Chicago cop named Jack Daniels. Everyone has a breaking point, and Val has just reached hers.

The Enigma Strain

The latest in action thriller fiction from best selling author Nick Thacker!

From the bestselling thriller author of The Golden Crystal and The Depths, The Enigma Strainis the best of both worlds: a nonstop “terrorism in America” plot that will take you on a wild ride around the nation, combined with characters you’ll fall in love with!

An action-packed thrill ride for armchair travelers, For fans of Dan Brown, James Patterson, Clive Cussler, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Jeremy Robinson, James Rollins, and Andy McDermott, you’ll be a fan of The Enigma Strain.

When a bomb goes off at Yellowstone National Park, threatening the stability of the world’s largest active volcano, the reclusive park ranger Harvey “Ben” Bennett is startled to realize that the blast itself wasn’t the only threat: the bomb released a virus into the air, and the outbreak is beginning to infect and kill more and more people.

Ben teams up with Juliette Richardson, a driven CDC agent working inside the newly-formed BTR (Biological Threat Research) team, to find the people behind the act of terrorism.

When the attacks get personal, Ben and Julie take it upon themselves to seek out and destroy the threat before it’s too late.

A race across the United States, chasing terrorists, dodging bullets, and escaping the threat of a deadly virus outbreak and military apocalypse…

Bloodridge

To find justice for those he loved, a man finds himself at the center of a dangerous global conspiracy…

When Jon Sommers finds out his fiancé Lisa Gabriel died in a terrorist bomb attack, he is visited by spymaster, Yigdal Ben-Levy, who throws Jon’s life into chaos, when he tells him that Lisa was not a fellow graduate student but a Mossad spy sent to bring him to Israel. Ben-Levy convinces Jon to seek justice for Lisa’s murder by joining Mossad and going after Tariq Houmaz, her killer.

Shortly after training, Jon’s entire new team is executed by the bomb maker, who murdered Lisa, and only Jon escapes the massacre. As he leaves the scene, Jon finds himself captured, threatened and turned into a double agent for MI-6. When his Mossad handler, Ben-Levy learns this, he wants Jon dead as an example to other Israeli coverts.

If being a hunted double agent isn’t enough, Jon comes across information in his spying for MI-6 that suggests Israel is in impending danger from Houmaz. To stop this catastrophe, Jon must put together his own team, one he can trust with his life. Can Jon bring justice to Lisa’s murderer, or will millions of lives be lost?

Executive: A Thriller

A friendly fire incident in Afghanistan takes a serious toll.
A drone, out of control, brings death and wreaks havoc on a Florida highway.
An apparently successful corporation comes under scrutiny.

A memorable incursion behind corporate closed doors, led by an up-and-coming executive on a mission to find the truth about the lives lost to the very technology that was mandated to protect them.

Our skies aren’t safe anymore. Military Aviation has a new dimension.

A thought-provoking page turner, Executive sizzles with plausible scenarios, conveyed in technical and business terminology at an unrelenting pace.

Exploring the controversial territory of toxic leadership and its long term consequences,Executive delivers an insightful analysis spiced with cutting-edge technology and science, in an exciting, suspenseful, masterful political technothriller.

Acclaim for Leslie Wolfe
— “Leslie Wolfe weaves a wonderful story of espionage, current technology, warfare.” – Lucas McWilliams— “Leslie Wolfe is proving that indeed women can equal if not surpass the established norm of espionage techno-thrillers.” – Grady Harp— “Wolfe keeps readers turning the pages…” – Kirkus Reviews— “Leslie Wolfe has the talent that is comparable to the likes of a Tom Clancy or a Michael Crichton, or even James Patterson.” – Dennis Waller

What Readers Say About Alex Hoffman Series Book One, Executive
— “Verdict: A phenomenal novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat.”
— “What an amazing book!”
— “Two thumbs way, WAY up.”
— “Better than Clancy and Baldacci!”
— “Executive reads like a movie–like one of those sleek Ridley Scott films that run at train-wreck speed.”
— “Leslie Wolfe has made the list – in fact, she has topped the list!”
— “Executive was an intelligent, witty, thought-provoking and fast-paced novel that kept me on the edge of my seat.”
— “What a treat! Fascinating peek into the world of drones and their lethal capabilities. A tour de force into brilliant research, with a dash of human frailties.”

The Girl from the Sea

Washed up on the beach, she can’t remember who she is. She can’t even remember her name. Turns out, she has a perfect life – friends and family eager to fill in the blanks. But why are they lying to her? What don’t they want her to remember?

When you don’t even know who you are, how do you know who to trust?

The Girl from the Sea is one of the best thrillers I’ve ever read. The book is absolutely nuts – in a good way. What happens to Mia is terrifying. I can’t imagine having no memory of my life and not recognising my own face in the mirror. I absolutely loved the premise of the book and it’s executed perfectly. Mia, oh Mia is a wonderfully complex and sort of screwed up person. She’s a brilliant example of an unreliable narrator which is a little ironic considering she has amnesia. I had no idea where the book was going to go. I’d started to think oh this is what’s going on or that’s what’s going on only to be yanked in a different direction altogether. I love it when a book keeps me guessing, has me scratching my head wearing a confused expression or surprises me so much that my jaw smashes a hole in the floor. I adored the ending. A couple of chapters before the end the author lulls you into a false sense of security and you end up thinking you know what really happened to Mia and how things will turn out. And then you’re given one almighty kick to the gut which sends you reeling, jaw smashing into the floor. The last chapter is incredible. The Girl from the Sea is crime fiction at it’s best. I cannot wait to read the author’s next book.

The Sarah Roberts Series Vol. 4-6

Books Four, Five, and Six of the Sarah Roberts Series in One Collection.

The Hostage (Sarah Roberts Book Four)

Meet Elmore Ackerman. He idolizes Sarah Roberts from afar, and has done so for more than five years. He has studied her pictures, memorized her news clippings and now waits in the dark for the day when he can make Sarah his hostage.

A steel cage waits for Sarah, where Elmore has practiced what he will do to her. The other girls he has practiced with now lay discarded, buried about his property. He keeps their fingernails and toenails to roll between his teeth, to savor their strength, to feel the nails weaken and give in, just as his victims do.

Elmore has a plan for Sarah, and she walks right into his trap. Sarah Roberts is his hostage and no one knows where they are. In Sarah Roberts Book Four, The Hostage, Sarah is in a fight not just for her freedom, but also her life.

The Victim (Sarah Roberts Book Five)

In Book Five, Sarah Roberts is The Victim.

Sarah is killed in a horrible car accident, the DNA found in the car verified as hers. But the government men at the Sophia Project have faked her death to keep her to themselves.

After her funeral, she shows up in the food court of a busy mall where a violent exchange takes place. Things go wrong fast. The people protecting Sarah die within seconds from a mysterious drug. She runs, escaping the clutches of the police who want to figure out her connection to the murderers. A group of men called The Rapturites surface to take responsibility for the carnage. They want Sarah raptured as the end times are upon us.

As the police hunt her, and the Rapturites get close, people she loves, old friends who have helped her in the past, start to die around her. Vivian, her sister, watches. Vivian listens. Sarah executes.

In Sarah Roberts Book Five, Sarah is The Victim, and there’s nothing she can do about it. Except she won’t stay dead.

The Enigma (Sarah Roberts Book Six)

In Book Six, The Enigma, Sarah Roberts heads to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Her dead sister has left her a message with two tasks to complete in Vegas. She is supposed to choose a random guy with a cell phone and send a message to a number her sister has supplied. Before she can complete this first task, she notices a man following her. This man begs her, with tears in his eyes, to not send the text.

On the west side of Vegas, a man is being tortured. Sarah’s second task is to arrive at a certain time to stop it. When she shows up late, people start to die. The man who had followed her also shows up. With people dead at the warehouse, the police want to know what she’s doing in Vegas and why she was there.

All Sarah wants is to get her bike and leave Las Vegas. But Maxwell Ramsey has a different plan for Sarah. She has entered his territory and intervened in his business. She has cost him money and time as he plans the acquisition of a local casino. For that, Sarah has to be removed.

What she doesn’t expect are the deep ties to her family and what that means to her now, and in the future.

In Book Six, The Enigma, Sarah Roberts is in Vegas gambling with her life and can only make it out alive if she plays her cards right.

Stray

A substance abuse treatment center shares a parking lot with an animal shelter. Both are filled with damaged souls looking for salvation and a safe place to call home.

Thomas Cleaves is a therapist at the treatment center and sees many of his clients overdose and die. Rachel, the mystical nurse at the animal shelter, fights to save the throwaway pets of the city. Both of them get sucked into the world of the creatures they try to save, and fight to make a life of their own.

A gritty novel with an edge, yet surprisingly gentle and sweet, Stray will take you through the dog fighting dens and crack houses of Detroit where Stray souls can find connections in the most unusual of places.

MOMENTUM

Shirin Reyes, a legendary rogue assassin, has come out of shadows with a vengeance.
In a world where the fate of many are dictated by the actions of a few, Shirin discovers a covert operation bent on taking control of the country’s intelligence network and gaining absolute power over the government.

Driven by revenge, Shirin keeps moving forward, hunting, and being hunted, from one battlefield, ambush, and gun fight, to the next.

When the hunter becomes the hunted, Shirin finds herself torn between her all consuming vendetta and the consequences her actions have on those she cares about.
Meet Shirin Reyes in this new action thriller series.

“Charlie Moore’s Against the Clock is a burning churning thrill ride through the world of espionage/thrillers. From the first chapter (which was a little too sexually stimulating for my personal taste) to the book’s end, the reader is constantly awakened to sensory impressions that are visceral to say the least and over-the-top, on occasion. This rollercoaster novel is wild, fun, scary, and thoroughly enjoyable, and at times, pushes the envelope of believability.

Moore’s prose, in what I assume to be his first novel, provides much to be admired; it is rich in detail and tightly focused. The heroine/protagonist Shirin Reyes is extremely likeable, a quick-change artist able to assume personas with small changes in clothes, hair, or stature and as she fells each villain we cheer her on because this is how we would like to handle the scum-buckets we suffer in politics in today’s crooked world. The body count, however, is a bit high, and Reyes’ talent stretches the bounds of believability but if you just want a fast ride in which the lecherous leaders of today’s free world get their due, then sit back and appreciate the adventures as they come hurling past you.

This thriller manages to create genuine suspense as a sort of psychological detective story. With characteristic grace and skill, Moore manages to turn this cat-and-mouse game into something suspenseful. I would highly recommend this compulsively readable debut to anyone who enjoys thrillers, well written storylines, fleshed out characters and a purposeful plot.” –
D. West (VINE VOICE)

Patient: Crew

A cryptic and fantastical adventure told from the point of view of Shanna, a farm girl from Sunny, Texas. Shanna’s life has been consumed by seven voices that control her mind and body. Using her ambidextrous skills, she assuages them by writing their quips.

“They talked when they wanted to talk; I had no control…while the rest of my senses were tending to the voices and their needs, I was in a place of my own making, my solitude.” – Patient: Crew

In the heart of a West Texas community, Shanna was born with inherited scandal and is forced to leave home at an early age when she begins to experience symptoms of schizophrenia. Ten years later, her therapist’s tell-all book launches a manhunt when the public learns of Patient Crew’s prophetic writings. Shanna’s safety is threatened when a psychopath who wants to own her crew of voices begins to kill her loved ones. With the help of the crew, she meets her dark warrior and the battle between good and evil begins.

A compelling tale of loyalty, promises and truth.

– Hannah Kaplan has authored screenplays, short stories and national magazine articles. This is her first novel.

Vigilante detective Emily Stone has covertly hunted down killers and closed more serial cases than most seasoned homicide cops combined. Her exceptional profiling skills and forensic techniques, along with deductive crime scene investigations, have made her a compelling force that cannot be beat. She has reached her ultimate breaking point and now must face her toughest opponent yet – her biggest fears.

With preciseness, the Tick-Tock Killer has taken his next child victim and promised to dump the body precisely four days later, mocking police and the community. Stone struggles to balance her inner demons and ghosts from the past, against the wits of a brutal and cunning serial killer in an all-out battle of psychological warfare.

Can Stone save the next child in time? Dark Pursuit is an action-packed cat and mouse game that will take you to dark places rarely explored.

First Do No Harm

Recently retired, A. Turk has embarked on a second career, writing fiction inspired by the remarkable stories and events from his personal and legal experiences. This first novel in the book series features A. Turk’s fictitious alter ego Attorney Benjamin Davis, a young New York transplant seeking to make a name for himself in the Nashville legal community. After miscalculating the huge risks involved in accepting ten medical malpractice cases at one time, Davis discovers that a hospital and several of its personnel, including doctors, had conspired to provide unnecessary tests and surgeries on innocent patients…for years. With small town physicians pushing all the ethical and legal boundaries, Davis decides he has no alternative but to protect an entire community and quickly finds himself caught up in a high-stakes courtroom drama. Davis could never have anticipated his decision to right a wrong could risk his legal career, marriage, financial security, and personal safety.

As a practicing attorney in Nashville for nearly 36 years, I have recommended this book to clients to read so that they can get a clear understanding of the legal process. This book actually has a dual role. First, it is an outstanding legal fiction that had its genesis based on the litigation that the author was actually involved in. Second, if the reader is not trained or schooled in the legalities, they will understand the tribulations of a trial before they finish the novel. Whether you are a Plaintiff or Defendant in any piece of litigation, this book is a MUST READ!!!!! A. Turk’s three decade career as a litigator is shown in his attention to detail, and the reader becomes a part of the litigation. And if you love the city of Nashville as I do, this thriller is a guided tour of Music City USA. It is an enjoyable journey to Nashville, Middle Tennessee, and its judicial system.

American Warrior

The year is 1961. America has a new president, named John F. Kennedy, and a new era the newspapers are calling the Dawn of Camelot. But for ten-year-old Paul Brett, dealing with an abusive father and the immigrant gangs roaming his slum neighborhood of China Slough, America is only a small, dead-end place he is struggling to survive.

That is, until the night a mysterious stranger comes out of the darkness to his rescue, and initiates a journey—an unforgettable odyssey—beyond his wildest imagination.

From his unlikely beginnings in a brutal California migrant camp, into the darkest underbelly of a distant and unpopular war, to his final and, perhaps, most deadly struggle for survival inside the bowels of a near-medieval military prison, AMERICAN WARRIOR follows one young man’s breathtaking and mesmerizing journey into hell.

The Amun Chamber

Two thousand years ago in Egypt’s exotic city of Alexandria, the single most revered treasure of the Mediterranean would inexplicably disappear from the pages of history. Believed irretrievably lost to all but legend, few dared dream the possibility that it might still exist . . .

Until now! Guided by the discovery of an ancient artefact, a determined professor of archaeology and a beautiful New England heiress join forces in the quest of a lifetime. Overcoming treachery and deadly obstacles, they follow an ever-murderous trail that eventually leads them to a barren, desert valley containing a stunning secret — one the modern world may not yet be prepared to accept.

*1st Adventure of Professor David Manning.

About the Author:

Blending his passion, as a former student of Art and History, Mr. Leston has drawn from his background to create three great tales steeped in history, adventure and human conquest.

He is currently busy pounding the keyboard on his newest work… a continuing adventure for his beloved character from ‘The Amun Chamber” & ‘The Genghis Tomb’, Professor David Manning, scheduled for release in Fall 2013

Caribbean Moon

Rick Murcer is a New York Times and USA Today best selling author having sold over 850,000 books.

Written in the tradition of James Patterson, JA Konrath, and Michael Connelly, this first book in the series will have you wanting more.

Small-town detective/workaholic, Manny Williams, is thrilled with the prospect of finally taking the long-awaited vacation he had promised his wife, Louise.

The couple’s exotic getaway begins in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico, by attending the June wedding of a fellow Lansing police officer, followed with an incredible week-long Southern Caribbean cruise on the glamorous Ocean Duchess. Tropical paradise appears to be a perfect recipe for desperately needed R and R…until the first dead body.

A bizarre, seemingly random murder in their posh San Juan Hotel, and the heinous cruise ship deaths of two of Lansing’s law enforcement family, brings Manny, and his unique skills, out of cruise mode and head-long into the FBI-led investigation. Manny soon discovers that in this killer’s twisted perception nothing is off limits, prompting a race against time that could cost him everything.

If you like edge-of-your-seat thrillers laced with humor, you’ll love this!

Caribbean Moon:

“A new standard has been set for thrillers. In Rick Murcer’s debut novel, Caribbean Moon, he’s mixed the perfect ingredients to lock in readers, starting with the opening witty banter between Manny and Sophie. From there, the book takes off like a run-away roller coaster. Murcer knows just when to slow the pace and when to hit the gas. He’s created a twisted mystery, with infectious characters and an unfathomable ending. Manny Williams might be the new Jedi of investigators, and Murcer is a Spielberg-like creative powerhouse. Caribbean Moon is absolutely magnetic!”
John W. Mefford, Best-selling suspense author of COMMITTED

CRIME SPREE: Three explosive crime novels

Three stand-alone, full-length thrillers from the bestselling author of MALICIOUS and STARK WARNING.

*Red Blitz
*Brutal Revenge
*Arctic Blood

A deadly dose of terrorism, murder and non–stop action.

BOOK ONE – RED BLITZ

The world’s most beautiful city is about to be destroyed. Dozens of bombs have been hidden throughout Venice by a terrorist who is found dead. As the bombs start to explode, and thousands flee to the mainland, the police launch a desperate bid to save the city – and solve the mystery of what lies behind the attack.

Reviews for Red Blitz:

‘A truly impressive work,’ Editor, Freebooksy.com.

‘A fabulous and well written story,’ Amazon.

‘Excellent author: I couldn’t put the Kindle down. So far all of his books are diversified; exciting and very well written,’ Amazon.

‘I enjoyed this story. It’s fast paced and kept me gripped. A short book, but just the right length in my opinion,’ Amazon.

The inhabitants of a tiny island off the coast of Scotland harbour a guilty secret – they’ve recovered a hoard of treasure from an ancient wreck. But four unscrupulous villains from the mainland find out about the treasure and set out to steal it one stormy night. What follows is a nightmare of brutality and revenge.

Reviews for Brutal Revenge:

‘Raven writes brilliant short, snappy chapters that propel you along, making reading the text almost similar to watching a film. If any book needed making into a film, then this one does,’ Amazon.

‘Grabs you from the start, good plot and totally believable,’ Amazon.

‘Yet another brilliant read. Concise and enthralling,’ Amazon.

BOOK THREE – ARCTIC BLOOD

What seems like a routine assignment for charter pilot John Preston turns out to be anything but. He’s suddenly drawn into a nightmare world of intrigue and violence. It begins in a remote corner of Greenland’s treacherous east coast when a man’s mutilated body is found among the ice floes. From then on the action is fast and furious and Preston becomes the desperate quarry of a band of ruthless killers.

Reviews for Arctic Blood:

‘Every now and then, one comes across a book, a story, a plot which makes the reader go “wow”, and this is such a book. Highly recommended,’ Amazon.

‘Good read. Never read any books by James Raven before but will do again,’ Amazon.

‘I like thrillers that have an unusual story-line and this is one of them. Fast-moving and well written with vivid descriptions of the frozen north,’ Amazon.

Gabriel

When terrorism strikes at the heart of America, the CIA blackmail Gabriel, the deadliest killer for hire they’ve ever trained, for one last job. Allah’s Hand is ready to unleash bio terrorism on the world, starting with the USA. Gabriel is a killer unlike others running a thin line between sane and not. Thank God each day you awake and there has not been a price placed upon your head.

As I finished up the book Gabriel by Mike Evans I had this ridiculous smile on my face and a warm feeling in my heart. The ending was absolutely fantastic and it really brought the whole book together. Gabriel is this man who really wants to be the good guy even if at times that means being the bad guy doing the unimaginable. But he also has a side of him that you don’t want to screw with! If you do happen to cross his path you definitely don’t want to make him angry. Mr. Evans did a fantastic job of painting pictures in my mind that will forever be imprinted in my memory. I can not wait to see what else Gabriel can accomplish in the future!!! I said this before when I read The Orphans and I will say it again… I am now and will always be a dedicated fan… patiently awaiting more from the brilliant mind of Mike Evans!

The short Story at the end by Shaun Phelps is a nice surprise at the end of the book!! Overcoming Fear: Molly is a story that makes your heart race and your emotions run away with themselves. I wish there would have been more to read and I truly hope that I get to read more of his work the in the near future!!

Creston Mapes is the author of the #1 Amazon bestselling Christian fiction mystery, Nobody, along with the bestselling Christian fiction thrillers Fear Has a Name, Dark Star and Full Tilt.
Captivating from breathless start to throat-clenching finish. A mustread for fans of Terri Blackstock and Brandilyn Collins.” — Tamera Alexander, USA Today Bestselling Author
Anyone who likes my books will love Fear Has a Name. The plot is skillfully woven, and the story has a spiritual depth that will resonate with readers. Creston Mapes is an author to watch in the suspense genre. — Terri Blackstock, Bestselling Author

Creston Mapes proves once again that he is a master of building deep characters and sending them on a twisting, breakneck journey of terror and triumph. — Robert Liparulo, Bestselling Author
I love novels where I look for any spare moment to keep reading. Fear Has A Name is one of them. Well done! — James L. Rubart, Bestselling AuthorFear Has A Name is an exceptional treat, a story of unrelenting tension that dares to stare evil in the face. Mapes has a gift. — Harry Kraus, MD, Bestselling Author

A stunning portrayal of redemption and mercy, Fear Has A Name kept me on the edge of my seat! — Ronie Kendig, Award Winning Author

There were moments when it left me breathless. Creston Mapes’s signature blend of heart-pounding suspense, angst, and deep spiritual questions made for a robust, riveting read! — Kathy Herman, Bestselling Author

Jaw dropping suspense.— Author Nikki Arana

Mapes is at the head of a new breed of Christian authors. — NY Times Best-Selling Author Eric Wilson
Nail-bitingly great. — Tom Morrisey, Author of In High Places

Perilous

“A young adult thriller filled with non-stop action, PERILOUS grabs hold of you from page one and doesn’t let go until the very end.” ~Joyce DiPastena, author, Loyalty’s Web and Illuminations of the Heart

“Terrifying, riveting, and jaw dropping….” ~Unedited

”A story full of suspense, with lots of twists and turns.” ~Talli Roland, author, The Hating Game

Jaci Rivera joins her best friends Callie, Sara and Amanda for a night of pizza and shopping. But an evening at the mall turns into a terrifying twist of events that drive Jaci and her friends 2000 miles across the Canadian border. The girls find themselves alone and running from unknown enemies on all sides, and not even the police can be trusted. . . . Detective Carl Hamilton is called out on a homicide case where the partially decayed body of an unidentified teenage girl is found along a remote highway. He is drawn into a life and death race to stop the killers before they strike again.

ALTERCATION, the sequel to PERILOUS, is now available from WiDo Publishing!

The Tenth Chamber: A Thriller

New from the internationally bestselling thriller writer Glenn Cooper, whose books have sold more then 6 million copies worldwide, comes The Tenth Chamber.

After a fire tears through the library of an ancient monastery a medieval script is discovered hidden behind an antique bookcase. Badly damaged, it is sent to Paris for restoration and there literary historian Hugo Pineau begins to decipher the startling fourteenth-century text. Within its pages lies a fanciful tale of a painted cave and a rudimentary map. Intrigued, Hugo enlists the help of archaeologist Luc Simard and the two men embark on a journey that will change the course of their lives forever.

When Luc and Hugo discover a vast network of prehistoric caves, buried deep within the cliffs, they realize that they’ve stumbled across something extraordinary. And at the very core of the labyrinth lies the most astonishing chamber of all, the tenth chamber. Aware of the significance of their discovery, they set up camp with a team of experts, determined to bring their find to the world. But as they begin to unlock the ancient secret the cavern holds, they find themselves at the center of a dangerous game. One ‘accidental’ death leads to another and it soon becomes clear that someone or something will stop at nothing to protect the secret of the tenth chamber.

Praise:

“The Tenth Chamber shows that Cooper is one of the best new writers of conspiracy thrillers.”
David Knights, Keighley News, UK

“Cooper writes a story both incandescent and explosive. A seamless blend of modern-day thriller and historical mystery with an ending that left me breathless.”
James Rollins, Bestselling Author

“Cooper has written one of the best-designed novels that I’ve read in 14 years.”
Antonio D’ Orrico, Corriere della Sera Magazine

“As Cooper builds the layers of intrigue it becomes clear that he is no ordinary thriller writer, but one who asks big questions.”
Sunday Telegraph (UK)

“The Tenth Chamber shows that Cooper is one of the best new writers of conspiracy thrillers.”
David Knights, Keighley News, UK

The Fourteenth Protocol

A terrorist on the loose, a country in panic, and time is running out.

After an eleventh terrorist attack, the American people are at a breaking point. But when a fledgling special agent stumbles across the one clue that could break the case wide open, she uncovers a secret CIA spy operation and becomes the only asset that can stop it.

Come inside this spider’s web of espionage, conspiracy and intrigue, and witness young Agent Baker’s struggles against evil and her own fears as they take her to the edge of the abyss; and the clock is ticking.

The Fourteenth Protocol
“Ripe with SUSPENSE, ESPIONAGE, and RIVETING ACTION…preys upon our worst fears: Terrorism in our own backyard. I’ve found a new Brad Thor espionage book collection.…a spy series thriller novel that keeps you guessing and an ending that will leave you hungry for more.”
— Michael Lucker, Screenwriter to Paramount, Disney, DreamWorks, Fox, Universal

“CONSPIRACY wrapped by INTRIGUE AND SUSPENSE, then TIED IN KNOTS.”
-– Kevin McLaughlin, Special Agent, DEA

“Like David Baldacci thriller book collection all in one. Undoubtedly one of the best spy thrillers I’ve read in years. This spy series is fast paced, unrelenting!”

“…his writing is excellent…this will be a best selling terrorist spy thriller in 2015…makes my top list of espionage thriller books to read.”

“The heroine in peril, Jana Baker, is such a strong female lead character. She’s scared but has the guts of any male special agent. Makes for one of the great thriller books to read.”

“The plot is a mix of James Bond, 24, and Call of Duty.”
— Russ Atkinson, Special Agent, FBI (ret.), thriller book author.

“I am going to blow off work so I can finish reading this spy mystery series. No joke. An intrigue novel that has New York Times bestseller list 2015 written all over it.”

“One of the best new mystery thriller authors…author has hit this one out of the park. One of the best terrorism crime novels I’ve read in years. Can’t wait until this thriller is made into a CIA spy thriller series collection.”

“…a mystery book with an edge of your seat quality that keeps you sucked in.”

“I ended up falling in love with the main characters…definitely a 2015 bestseller.”

“I really hope this kind of thing doesn’t happen in real life. A government conspiracy that leads all the way to the white house and the president, a rogue CIA agent…and just one FBI special agent to stop it.”

“The undercover CIA thing is so realistic. I love finding the bestselling mysteries like this…one of my favorite thriller books to read in 2015.”

“Terrorism, suspense, gunfire, romance…all with a strong female lead character. What else are you looking for? Rivals the New York Times bestsellers by, Brad Thor, or David Baldacci…”

“A CIA spy series to watch.”

“This book is like a Jody Foster / FBI special agent Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs without the lunatic psycho…faced with death and a white house government conspiracy. If this book doesn’t become one of the bestselling mysteries out there, I don’t know what would.”

Treasure of Saint-Lazare: A Novel of Paris

Years later, Eddie is still reeling from the brutal murder of his wife and young son. When the captivating Jen shows up with a clue that could lead him to the killers, he can’t resist the hunt —or the chance to rekindle a passionate romance.

Jen and Eddie embark on an international search that takes them deep into the passages and byways of seductive Paris… and their feelings for each other.

Will Eddie finally get the answers he’s always needed, or will he be the next victim of the mysterious painting that led to his father’s death seven decades after it was stolen by the Nazis?

Treasure of Saint-Lazare is a fast-paced historical mystery set against the backdrop of enchanting Paris. If you like the books of John McPhee and James Michener, you’ll love both the action-packed first installment of John Pearce’s Eddie Grant series and its sequel, Last Stop: Paris

All Roads Lead Home – Book One: Getting There

Burned out Jesse McKlintock has nowhere left to go except right back to the place he cut loose from ten years ago in a blind rage. In those ten years he stayed blind drunk. Now he hates himself as passionately as those who betrayed him. He is an old thirty-six needing to winter somewhere. And the chip on his shoulder from years of being hated for his skin is getting mighty heavy.

“No. That’s it. You don’t get it. I have nothing. No family, no home, no one to miss me. I’m tired of this life anyway. Just do me a favor and do it now.”

The old man dropped his smirk and stared at the cowboy for a long spell. He got up, walked over to a shelf and took down a bottle Jesse hadn’t noticed before. The old man walked over to him and poured some of it in the open spot on his head. “That’s just plain sad, son,” he said. “I finally met a man more pitiful than me.”

The struggle for survival can get messy and that’s for those who care. It gets downright ugly for those who don’t.

Enter now into Jesse’s journey of last resort, pressed onward by an unknown force driving him back to the very ground he’d cursed before leaving ten years prior. Jesse crosses paths with a curious character who is thought to be an assassin named Maxwell Calkinmyer, receives a partially shot off ear compliments of Crazy Mary, and is shaken silly by a curmudgeon by the name of Levon.

Getting There, second edition of the first book in the All Roads Lead Home saga, reveals Jesse’s rich Scot-Wichita heritage as he treks up north to Wyoming in order to winter. Not by choice. He’d just flat run out of places that would take him. Along the way, he travels back in time to his roots, where his Native American grandmother’s tales span over 80 years across pre-Indian Territory, linking his past, present, and future generations.

Time may not heal all wounds, Jesse will learn. It will, however, do its part when we at least show up for our part. Getting There is an up and down, emotion-yanking, laugh-triggering, thought-provoking tale of betrayal, mystery, suspense, action, and adventure with more twists than a secondhand bread tie.

L. L. Ward, a prodigal native Oklahoman, takes you for a ride beginning in the early 1800’s and brings it on home to present day through the course of the seven book All Roads Lead Home series.

The Land Of Cannabis

When he finished his studies, and graduated in Spanish Literature, Mohammed dreamt of a job and a promising future. Unfortunately, his dreams were broken quickly, as he was unable to find a job, because nepotism was rife everywhere. His decision to go to Sumatha, his father’s homeland, to grow cannabis, was strongly opposed by his mother; notwithstanding, he insisted on taking this risky step because the future was unknown, and little can be done to secure one. In his dull and routinely life of a cultivator of cannabis, he will come across a distinguished dealer of cannabis who will introduce him into a new world, and opened to him the doors of the illegal trade. But, will he succeed in the first test? Will he live in peace as he did before converting into a real cannabis taycoon? A conflict with Ben Aisha, his rival in the area, was bitter and violent. Will he be able to confront ben Aisha?

I bought this book because I had read some of the author’s non-fiction work, and I found him to be very intelligent and eloquent. I’m glad I bought it! I loved the description of the culture and people who lived there.

The Reckoning: The Day Australia Fell

While the outnumbered Australian Defence Force fights on the ground, in the air and at sea, this quickly becomes a war involving ordinary people.

Ben, an IT consultant has never fought a day in his life. Will he survive?

Grant, a security guard at Sydney’s International Airport, finds himself captured and living in the filth and squalor of one of the concentration camps dotted around Australia. Knowing death awaits him if he stays, he plans a daring escape.

This is a dark day in Australia’s history. This is terror, loneliness, starvation and adrenaline all mixed together in a sour cocktail. This is the day Australia fell.

“I thoroughly enjoyed ‘The Reckoning’ by Keith McArdle. He writes with energy and realism. As I became immersed in his book, it soon had me feeling like I was back in my days as a Special Forces soldier. It is a great adventure with very realistic and grave undertones. The narrative is pacey and the characters are fleshed out and believable. I look forward to future works by the author.” – SGT Troy Simmonds (ret.) (Australian SASR 1996-2012)

“The Reckoning is the story of an Indonesian invasion of Australia, an eventuality that isn’t that hard to swallow given current relations.
The characters were perfect for their roles, complex enough to be interesting, but not overly burdened with Freudian analysis. There are some excellent character moments and some great one-liners. Aussie humour shines through the narrative. I really enjoyed this, and found it hard to put down.” – Greg Barron author of Rotten Gods & Savage Tide

MAGIC

Two decades of genetic research and experimentation, subsidized by the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, produces an amazing animal of the sub species Canis Lupus Familiaris. It appears to be a large golden retriever; however, it has one salient attribute that separates it from the rest of the canine world, it possesses the intelligence of an adult human being. Named Magic by the Marine whose life he saves, he travels from war torn Iraq to America and beyond.

What others are saying:
By Sky’s End
Format:Kindle Edition
I fell in love with Magic.
I was reminded of my childhood attachment to Old Yeller when Magic was trying to save Quinn from the Iraqi after the Humvee accident. I felt my heart-strings tug for our dog-hero, Magic, who will risk his own life to save ours just like I felt for Old Yeller and Lassie.

From the first paragraph, I was intrigued and pulled into the read, though it wasn’t obvious this was a dog’s point of view. I thought Magic was just a dog until he reveals, “I read we have 100,000 times better smell than humans”. That made me do a mental stop and think, “What? Dogs can’t read”.

The discovery that Magic is a “super” dog was a fun surprise.

Magic’s storyline is innovative, fresh, fun, and exciting. The characters are well identified and personable. The dialogue flows with a natural ease that is unique to each character. I love reading Magic’s point of view because it’s so fresh and, well, dog-like. It’s great to see our human world through his eyes and experiences. Magic’s world makes me smile.

Then the evolving twist of the sci-fi intrigue and powerful bad guys is more than I anticipated and the story really got larger and more delicious.

Mr. Humm shows a mastery of story tempo with Magic. As if he could read my mind, he charged up the tempo at just the right moment, holding my interest and keeping me on the edge of my seat.

The story kept unfolding in unique and imaginative ways. The “good guys” kept getting into seemingly unsolvable situations.

The climax brought a convergence of all the suspense, plot and mystery in a masterfully woven delivery.

I read Magic in one sitting, unable to put it down and now that my vacation to Magic’s world is finished, the memories of my journey leave me smiling and still exhilarated.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best dog story I ever read! January 23, 2013
By santi7
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For a long time “Watchers” by Dean R Koontz was the best story I ever read with a dog in it. But this ripping full tilt adventurous story blew it out of the water! It sounded like it really was comming from the point of veiw of a dog with human intelligence. And it was breakneck non-stop speed for the first part. I think I was one quarter through the book before it slowed down for a second and I took a full breath! I highly recomend this book for anyone, even if you are not into “dog” books. I especially recomend it for people who like adventures, military stories, dog owners, police, detectives, spy and mystery books. It will not disappoint! PS. Just so you know that I’m not alone on this high opinion of this book, I lent my kindle to a Marine veteran who works at my job so he could read it, and he came back raving about it too.

The Rectifier: Volume 1

Frank Jackson is a rectifier, he rights wrongs caused by senseless and desperate criminals. When the court system fails, he’s there to exact his own high-powered vigilante justice.

He’s also a man without a past, a man desperately seeking what he has lost.

In the first of a series of electrifying short stories, a coma and subsequent amnesia thrusts Frank Jackson into an unfamiliar world of intrigue and adventure where he relies upon his gut instinct to survive.

I got The Rectifier as a free Kindle download and was instantly caught up in the story. Frank wakes up in a hospital without any memory and in poor shape. He is surrounded by several men who seem to be long time acquaintances who try to fill him in on his identity and past. They whisk him away from the hospital to a guest house on an estate where he is provided his own private nurse/therapist who proceeds with his rehabilitation.

He is provided with anything a man could wish for and finds that he has a closet loaded with designer suits, shoes, ties, etc. All are supposedly his from before the accident. There is a niggling doubt that all is not quite as it seems and the people are not quite on the truthful road with explanations when they tell him that he is somewhat of an “enforcer”.

This book, which is a short story, finishes with the reader hanging and the next installment is in Volume 2. The author would have been much smarter to have combined all the volumes into one book instead of making the reader have to purchase each volume separately as he has talent in making the reader quickly involved in the action. As much as I liked the story, I don’t like the feeling that I have to keep buying each installment to see how everything turns out. I’ll keep watching this author to see if he produces a regular length novel and then perhaps, I’ll try him again.

The Life of Anna, Part 1: Enslaved

Anna has been turned over to Devin Andersen, the most powerful man in San Francisco.
What does he have planned for her?
Is she just his mistress?
Or does he have darker designs in mind?

Synopsis:
Anna’s entire life was scripted out before she was born by Devin Andersen, a man who doesn’t have her best interests in mind. She is destined to be a tool in his hands to gain ultimate power in the USA. No, not as the President, but as the man who controls the President.
Raised by an extremely abusive guardian, Anna was molded into the perfect tool for Devin’s use. Devin will use Anna’s unique gifts to control everyone around him and eventually take her gifts for himself.
When Devin took her for himself at the age of sixteen, she had a vision of a man. A man who Devin was very interested in. But why? Why would Devin care about a young girl’s dreams?

***WARNING***

This series is for grown-ups. This series is not for people who are easily offended, get nightmares easily, or have difficulty reading books about tough subjects. I do not glorify bad things, but bad things do happen to my poor characters. This is not your typical love story. My heroine does not fall in love and live happily ever after…at least not like the typical heroine. There is a happily ever after, but it is a long, painful journey to that end.
This series will likely offend you. This series might make you cry; it might make you throw up. It is a dark story. As my friend, Heidi, said, “It’s dark. It gets darker. It gets even darker, and then it gets even more darker. And then, just when you think it can’t get any darker, it does.”
You’ve been warned.
But, don’t worry. I take you to the deep end gradually. 😉
There are many sexual situations in this series. People die. People get hurt. Things aren’t always truly the way they appear to be. The antagonist isn’t just a bad guy; he’s EVIL. My hero is not perfect. He doesn’t always make the best choices, but his intentions are good. My heroine is human…-ish. 😉 Her worldview is skewed. Things that may appall you are perfectly normal to her. You’ll see why within a few chapters of Book One.
All sexual acts portrayed in this book are between persons of legal age (aka 18 years old). All sexual acts portrayed in this series are between non-related persons. Any violence is non-gratuitous and crucial to the plot and character development.
Do not read this if you are under the age of consent in your country. Do not get angry if the subject or actual book upsets you. If you’re reading this, you’ve been warned.

***This warning applies to the entire series. This first book is not as dark as the rest of the books.***

Bad Wolf

Detective Lara Mendes’s hard work pays off when she finally gets to join the homicide detail. There’s only one catch; she has to partner up with a cop no one wants to work with.

John Gallagher is a veteran homicide detective who wants nothing more than to work alone. When the Lieutenant partners him with Lara Mendes, his first reaction is to ditch her but a call comes in about a body on the river bank and the rotation says they’re up.

What they find are human remains, mutilated and partially devoured. Their investigation reveals a killer stalking the city with a pack of vicious, feral dogs.
And the suspect believes he is a werewolf.

But this is Portland, where crazy bastards outnumber normal ones ten to one. Except there’s another catch. The crazy werewolf guy? He isn’t crazy…

Author’s note: Bad Wolf is my first novel and remains a favourite. This free full-length novel is the first in the Bad Wolf series about two homicide detectives trying to stop a monster. A murder mystery and police procedural, it’s premise is simple; cops versus werewolves. I had an absolute blast writing this series. Now that’s it’s done, I miss these characters. The books, in order, are:

1 Bad Wolf
2 Pale Wolf
3 Last Wolf

This free book is the gateway to a world of monsters, gritty detectives and the werewolves that haunt the moonlit night.

Hierarchies of Greed

When a major espionage network at the heart of MI5 is blown and its members arrested the finger of suspicion points to a high-level traitor in the Kremlin, and when that same man secretly meets with the British in Geneva, pint-sized State Security Chief Stanislav Paslov realizes that one of his closest allies and confidants is conspiring with the West.

To unmask such a powerful enemy Stanislav Paslov will need friends in very high places, but who can he trust? Moscow is in turmoil, comrade is betraying comrade, and division and treachery are everywhere.

Meanwhile, in Washington’s relative calm, U.S. Intelligence chief Gerald Hammond discovers a colleague passing information to the Soviets, but what information did he pass and who sanctioned the deed?

As one spymaster follows the thread of intrigue and treachery from Moscow, the other follows the opposite end of the same thread from Washington. Before they are done each man will discover a different version of the truth. He will also come to question himself, and everything that he once believed in.

“Fast paced, and an intelligently intricate delivery of a great thriller.” – Amazon Reviewer

“Pacey, absorbing, believable and very good.” – Amazon Reviewer

“Totally excellent book! From page one to the end of the book I literally couldn’t put it down.” – Amazon Reviewer

CCC Part 1

Three brilliant young adults are forcibly recruited by a secret agency, one that has unlimited funding and technology decades ahead of anyone else on the planet. While they were always a focus of the agency, their recruitment was expedited to stop a serious attack about to happen. China plans on attacking the U.S. with a computer virus, a Stuxnet variation, designed to sink the economy. The three young adults, Al, Kerry and John, have but a day to stop the virus before the U.S. is placed in a financial crisis it will never come back from.

Picks up in interest and momentum quickly after the intro to characters. The reader is kept in the dark as the main players are; thus, feeding the mystery. Difficult to put down as there is no pause in the fury of scenarios to come. Characters have flaws which yields possibilities with end results. Seems to be a well thought out and executed story.

This is a fantastic story! The premise is something I’ve never encountered before, and the narrative pacing is absolutely perfect. I enjoyed getting sucked into the CCC universe, and I found it to be a wildly entertaining read. Would definitely recommend this one!

Nine Lives

‘I’ve read a lot of books in the past two years since I owned a Kindle, but this was the most compulsive reading I have come across’

‘One of the best books I have read in this genre’

‘An impressive start to a great series. I’ve now read all 6 books, and it just gets better and better’

‘My new favourite in the genre’

It’s New Year’s Eve. A major terrorist cell is planning a series of attacks across London over the next forty-eight hours. The government has surveillance on the group, a man undercover, and prepare to move in, to take out the terrorists before they can strike. But they lose contact with their inside man. And the cell vanishes into thin air, dispersing into the streets, armed and intent on completing their assault on London. The best Counter-Terrorist teams in the country are told to take them down before it’s too late.

Nine terrorists.

Nine lives.

The Armed Response Unit is one of these teams. Efficient and ruthless, the task force is ordered to locate the leader of the cell. As they hunt him down, they begin to realise that this is far bigger than any of them could ever have imagined. Bombings, rocket attacks, betrayal and a series of unexpected and shocking twists leave the ARU fighting to stay alive.

There’s Archer, the youngest member of the team, keen to prove himself and justify his spot on the task force. His best friend, Chalky, who is forced to fight both the terrorists and his own demons. Porter, Deakins and Fox, tough and experienced men who’ve never dealt with anything of this magnitude. And Mac, their sergeant, who must make the quickest of decisions and lead his men against the invisible enemy.

As events unfold, other people are drawn into the danger. The Prime Minister, desperately trying to find a solution and protect the capital. A mysterious female Mossad agent, who appears out of nowhere and joins the fight against the cell. Two Special Agents from the DEA, one of whom was a member of the SEAL team that stormed Osama Bin Laden’s compound and who for some reason is struggling with the memory. And the vicious, powerful leader of a Middle Eastern drug cartel, who operates in the shadows and is somehow connected to the terrorists.

With crowds all over London celebrating the New Year, and with nine terrorists somewhere amongst them, the Armed Response Unit is faced with the most dangerous night of their lives. As the savage, shocking plans of the enemy are fully revealed, the ARU officers are faced with the ultimate question.

James

As the lone survivor of the destruction brought on by Marie, James is left to question: Who am I? However, dark force have begun to arise that will try to answer that question for him and shape his destiny. As secrets are revealed, James’ fight not only for survival but to discover his true identity will lead him down a path he can never come back from.

Will he truly become Marie’s son?

Another great novel from Ana Elise Meyer, and a fantastic follow-up to Marie. Let’s talk about James, for a moment. The art of creating complex characters is nearly lost these days, yet Ana Meyer does a FANTASTIC job of doing so, just as she did with Marie. James (the character) is crafted with such an attention-to-detail that I wouldn’t be surprised if he was based on a real person entirely.

Ana Elise Meyer has also done another fantastic job crafting a great story. Whether its the developing, and complex characters, or the terrific care she’s given into creating the perfect setting for a military/government thriller (I love the whole seedy-government experiments genre), she knows how to keep you turning pages! I must say, Ana also has a fantastic way of covering all bases–I like to picture her in an office with her manuscript checking off each element of the story during her final revisions. Ana makes great use of the human senses, and really brings the story (and the locations) to life.

To sum everything up, I am very pleased to read Ana’s work. It’s refreshing to know there are authors on Kindle who take the craft seriously, and I am happy to see an independent author write with such passion. Without spoiling anything, I will say that I am looking forward to the third, because there will be one! If you’re looking for fast-paced action, thrilling and suspenseful moments, and characters you care about, look no further.

The Good Soldier: Jack Noble Early Years Bundle

From USA Today Bestselling Author L.T. Ryan – Available for a limited time at an amazing price – two fast-paced Jack Noble thrillers!

NOBLE BEGINNINGS (JACK NOBLE #1) – OVER 500 5-STAR REVIEWS!

In March of 2002, while the eyes of the world focused on Afghanistan, Jack Noble finds himself on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. A Marine in name only, Jack is on-loan to the CIA. Normally an integral part of the team, he finds that he is nothing more than a security detail in Iraq.

Jack and his partner Bear have a run-in with four CIA special agents over the treatment of an Iraqi family. Within hours Jack and Bear are detained.

All Jack wanted was to finish his enlistment and move on with his life. All he did was intervene and save a family from unwarranted violence at the hands of four CIA agents. But he soon discovers that he did far more than intervene. He has placed himself dead square in the middle of a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the U.S. government.

This Jack Noble political thriller is not for the faint of heart!

A DEADLY DISTANCE (JACK NOBLE #2) – OVER 250 5-STAR REVIEWS!

Washington, D.C. Midday. A man waits at a bus stop, his intentions unknown. Two government operatives have been stalking him for days, waiting for him to make his move. Unexpectedly, the man takes off running and heads for a deserted warehouse.

Jack Noble and his partner, Frank Skinner, believe the man to be part of a terrorist organization that is involved in smuggling drugs and guns and men into the country. But it turns out their plan involves far more export than import, and hits a lot closer to home.

As the case in this explosive action thriller unfolds, the man behind it all reaches out to Jack with a simple message… 37 hours.

Saint/Sinner

After spending ten years of her life hunting her sister’s killer and barely surviving, Allie Krycek is ready to move on. She’s got a new job, in a new city, with a new man in her life. Things are finally looking up.

Too bad there are people determined to ruin Allie’s second chance.

Arriving at her boyfriend’s isolated house in the countryside, masked gunmen interrupt what was supposed to be a romantic getaway. Forced into another life and death situation, Allie will have to battle throughout the night if she hopes to keep herself and those she loves alive.

It’s a good thing that fighting is something Allie Krycek knows how to do well…and this time, she’s not alone.

Frozen Past

Jaxon Jennings. Cop. Homicide detective. Partner. He always had your back and rarely made mistakes.

Until the death of his son. Until the night he couldn’t save him. Until everything he held dear was taken away from him.

Now, a shell of a man, his reckless actions mark him as a burn-out. A Loner. A dangerous man whom many in the Fairfax County Police Department cannot trust. The criminals he pursues in the suburbs of Washington D. C. are nothing more than ways to bide his time until his next drink, next fix, next loss of control. His past haunts him no matter how hard he tries to hide from it.

So, when a boy’s body shows up floating under the ice of a quiet neighborhood pool, Jaxon finds himself immersed in a world where the ghosts of his past feel too close for comfort. A psychopath is using the innocent in ways that appear familiar.

Jaxon’s past is catching up with him. And the anger that seethes below the surface threatens to destroy not only his life, but the lives of a group of kids somehow connected with him. The answers are locked, frozen in the part of his past he refuses to confront. But people are counting on him. And he must do anything to save them.

Anything. Even if it costs him his life.

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Free Falling

A fun family vacation turns into an apocalyptic nightmare when a couple and their young son find themselves trapped in the Irish countryside during an international crisis. With all contact outside the country gone, all electricity and all non horse-powered vehicles useless and desperate bands of outlaws roaming the Emerald Isle, the time has come for one soft American family to reach deep within for the reserve of brains and courage to survive.

I could literally hear the accents of the Irish people speaking as I was reading this Irish End Games and feel the rain and chills of the weather and I actually felt like I was there also. A good writer in describing the people, landscape , sorrows is certainly one I want to be reading more of. Thank you Susan Kiernan-Lewis, good job, I’m hooked!

I am now on the sixth book in the series and I love it. It gives a pretty believable look into what life would be like after an EMP. Sure, it sometimes oversimplifies, but not that often. The twists and turns have kept me “turning pages”! The characters are likeable and recognizable. Really an enjoyable read!

Executive: A Thriller

A friendly fire incident in Afghanistan takes a serious toll.
A drone, out of control, brings death and wreaks havoc on a Florida highway.
An apparently successful corporation comes under scrutiny.

A memorable incursion behind corporate closed doors, led by an up-and-coming executive on a mission to find the truth about the lives lost to the very technology that was mandated to protect them.

Our skies aren’t safe anymore. Military Aviation has a new dimension.

A thought-provoking page turner, Executive sizzles with plausible scenarios, conveyed in technical and business terminology at an unrelenting pace.

Exploring the controversial territory of toxic leadership and its long term consequences,Executive delivers an insightful analysis spiced with cutting-edge technology and science, in an exciting, suspenseful, masterful political technothriller.

Acclaim for Leslie Wolfe
— “Leslie Wolfe weaves a wonderful story of espionage, current technology, warfare.” – Lucas McWilliams— “Leslie Wolfe is proving that indeed women can equal if not surpass the established norm of espionage techno-thrillers.” – Grady Harp— “Wolfe keeps readers turning the pages…” – Kirkus Reviews— “Leslie Wolfe has the talent that is comparable to the likes of a Tom Clancy or a Michael Crichton, or even James Patterson.” – Dennis Waller

What Readers Say About Alex Hoffman Series Book One, Executive
— “Verdict: A phenomenal novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat.”
— “What an amazing book!”
— “Two thumbs way, WAY up.”
— “Better than Clancy and Baldacci!”
— “Executive reads like a movie–like one of those sleek Ridley Scott films that run at train-wreck speed.”
— “Leslie Wolfe has made the list – in fact, she has topped the list!”
— “Executive was an intelligent, witty, thought-provoking and fast-paced novel that kept me on the edge of my seat.”
— “What a treat! Fascinating peek into the world of drones and their lethal capabilities. A tour de force into brilliant research, with a dash of human frailties.”

Executive: A Thriller

A friendly fire incident in Afghanistan takes a serious toll.
A drone, out of control, brings death and wreaks havoc on a Florida highway.
An apparently successful corporation comes under scrutiny.

A memorable incursion behind corporate closed doors, led by an up-and-coming executive on a mission to find the truth about the lives lost to the very technology that was mandated to protect them.

Our skies aren’t safe anymore. Military Aviation has a new dimension.

A thought-provoking page turner, Executive sizzles with plausible scenarios, conveyed in technical and business terminology at an unrelenting pace.

Exploring the controversial territory of toxic leadership and its long term consequences,Executive delivers an insightful analysis spiced with cutting-edge technology and science, in an exciting, suspenseful, masterful political technothriller.

Acclaim for Leslie Wolfe
— “Leslie Wolfe weaves a wonderful story of espionage, current technology, warfare.” – Lucas McWilliams— “Leslie Wolfe is proving that indeed women can equal if not surpass the established norm of espionage techno-thrillers.” – Grady Harp— “Wolfe keeps readers turning the pages…” – Kirkus Reviews— “Leslie Wolfe has the talent that is comparable to the likes of a Tom Clancy or a Michael Crichton, or even James Patterson.” – Dennis Waller

What Readers Say About Alex Hoffman Series Book One, Executive
— “Verdict: A phenomenal novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat.”
— “What an amazing book!”
— “Two thumbs way, WAY up.”
— “Better than Clancy and Baldacci!”
— “Executive reads like a movie–like one of those sleek Ridley Scott films that run at train-wreck speed.”
— “Leslie Wolfe has made the list – in fact, she has topped the list!”
— “Executive was an intelligent, witty, thought-provoking and fast-paced novel that kept me on the edge of my seat.”
— “What a treat! Fascinating peek into the world of drones and their lethal capabilities. A tour de force into brilliant research, with a dash of human frailties.”

Loss Of Reason: A Thriller

Distant for many years, Franklin out of Pennsylvania and his step-brother Everon out of Nevada are connected by a single link: Their sister Cynthia.

Enter The Nightmare

A nuclear bomb is detonated in New York. Banker, wife, mother, Cynthia lives in New York.

The military has quarantined the city. All bridges and tunnels have been destroyed or blocked. Easterly winds have forced the bomb’s huge radiation cloud out over Long Island. But the wind is about to change.

Grant of Immunity

WHEN EVIL HIDES BEHIND A BADGE, NO ONE IS SAFE . ..
It’s 1976, Los Angeles. Sarah Collins, a young mother of two, is brutally raped and murdered at the Hollywood Reservoir. For nineteen years, the murder remains unsolved and the case goes cold.

In 1995, the streets of Los Angeles are being terrorized by Jake Babbage, a traffic cop who uses his position of power to rape and murder innocent women. On his way to court one day, Babbage sees Judge Daniel Hart. The two recognize each other, and the terrifying night of nineteen years ago comes back to haunt the highly respected judge. The aftermath of the encounter brings long-buried secrets to light and tests the moral fiber of Judge Hart, who has committed himself to protecting those victimized by the very crimes of which he is now accused.

Deadly Lies

Husband and wife stand on opposite sides of a divide created by lies and rooted in a dark and deadly past…

As a teenager, Jill Shannon fell victim to her stepfather’s cruel abuse. Now as an adult, Jill’s made it – she has a successful career and a solid, if not static, marriage to Detective Alex Shannon. Together they live out what seems to be a perfect life in Seattle.

The vow she made as a teenager to never again be a victim lies dormant – until one day a reporter lures her to his hotel room under the pretense of an interview – and suddenly all of it comes rushing back. Jill seeks revenge on the reporter, triggering a series of events that leads Jill down a wormhole of retribution, forcing her to spin an ever-widening web of lies.

Meanwhile, Alex is pulled into a case of a series of murders that began as cyber relationships. There seems to be a familiar fingerprint on these crimes,but Alex refuses to believe the murderer could be someone close to him…“Deadly Lies is a taut, fast-paced thriller that grabs you from the start and doesn’t let go. Patchell is a master storyteller with a real talent for creating pulse-pounding suspense.”–Kevin O’Brien, New York Times Bestselling Author of Unspeakable.

CUTTER’S GROVE

Stranded on a lonely backroad in the California desert one night, Lucas Tunney sees a terrifying vision of a young girl outside his Jeep’s window. Is it his imagination? He’s not sure.
A few weeks later, in the nearby town of Cutter’s Grove, Lucas is told about the mysterious disappearance of a girl that took place a year earlier. Shown her picture Lucas sees a beautiful child with long, shiny black hair and an angelic smile.
She looks nothing like the ruined creature he saw in the desert.
But there is absolutely no doubt in his mind … it’s her.
Now he’s faced with the problem of what to do with this knowledge. If he goes to the authorities and starts expounding about a ghost sighting he’ll be locked up for sure, based on irrefutable evidence of insanity. It seems he has little choice – he has to try to determine the girl’s fate on his own and, in the process, learn who might have been responsible.

AMAZON READER REVIEWS:
“I would definitely recommend this book, even to those who might normally shy away from ghost stories.”
“Patrick Dakin takes the reader on a wild ride of paranormal, romance, crime, suspicion, all in the backdrop of a seemingly sleepy little town. I loved it and was guessing to the end.”
“Once again, Patrick Dakin delivers. Love this author and loved this book.”
“Awesome book!! This is the best mystery I’ve read in a long, long time!!”
“I got this book by Patrick Dakin because I had just finished his brilliant Deathbed Confession. This book is also excellent and so very different from the other, which shows just how talented the author is.”
“Full of action, suspense, murder, love, jealousy, etc . A great joy reading and hard to put down. Great ending!”
“This book started out reminding me of Stephen King’s style somewhat – this guy can write.”
“The mental imagery is amazing.”

The Devil’s Dream – A Thriller

He’ll raise the dead, at all costs…

Perhaps the smartest man to ever live, Matthew Brand changed the world by twenty-five years old. In his mid-thirties, he still shaped the world as he wanted, until a few cops gunned down his son on the street.

Brand’s life changed then. He forgot about bettering Earth and started trying to resurrect his son.

Eventually, Brand’s mind even overpowered death’s mysteries; he discovered how to bring back the dead–he only needed living bodies to make his son’s life possible again. Why not use the bodies of those who killed his son?

In the largest manhunt the FBI’s ever experienced, how do they stop a man who can calculate all the odds and stack them in his favor?

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What are readers saying?

“In a word…amazing.”

“The entire time I read this story I kept wondering if David Beers is friends with Stephen King and Joe Hill.”

“Chilling.”

“So the book goes, whipping the reader first this way and then the other until you can’t turn the page fast enough.”

Beyond a Reasonable Death

From Kindle All-Star John Ellsworth, author of #1 bestseller in thrillers category

This legal thriller is the story of a very young lawyer in a small town who crosses the mob. They send a hit man after him. Trying to break free, he sues them and a courtroom drama ensues. Very quickly he learns you don’t sue the mob and go back to normal living. He is pursued relentlessly and runs west to the mountains of Arizona, where he seeks refuge with a Navajo shepherd. He sets up his office in a cabin while he pursues his case against the godfather.

The shepherd has many lessons for Thaddeus Murfee—lessons about surviving when all odds are against you. Together they face the first mob soldier sent after Thaddeus. Plus…the old shepherd has a granddaughter who attends medical school. Katy teaches him to fly-fish, and romance blossoms. Then, he is pursued again and must abandon her in this powerful crime fiction.

Set in Chicago, Mexico, and Arizona, Thaddeus is hunted. He must battle wealthy lawyers who seek to protect the mobsters. Thaddeus takes his case to trial with astounding results.

Beyond a Reasonable Death is a true crime thriller. There is enough legal action to satisfy even the hungriest fan of legal fiction.

Pickers

The Lost Picture Show is home to films yet to be made, putting a twist on genres and playing with plots. Grab some popcorn, settle down, and enjoy.

In a climate changed future, Pickers travel the badlands between towns and farms, salvaging what they can from before the collapse.

One family of Pickers is about to start a search for a prize that could change everything.

Remy and his family are on the hunt for a seed bank, hidden away before climate change crashed everything. The trail has led them to a hidden bunker, and what they find inside is going to set them on a long journey, back to the community they ran away from ten years ago.

With a grain blight ravaging crops in France, the seed bank could be the only hope of finding resistant strains and saving the country’s remaining towns from starvation. Remy, Maxine, Veronique and Tony are determined to break into the vault and liberate the seed lines. However, they are in Spain, and they will have to cross the country, dodging ravaging bands of Raiders, and get over the Pyrenees before they’re even in France. And then, there is another obstacle. Only one valley over from their destination is the community they ran away from ten years earlier. The people of The Valley would be ideal recipients for a bounty of seeds, but will they welcome Remy and his family back after all these years?

The Taste of Fear

American movie star Scarlett Cox and her husband, hotel tycoon Salvador Brazza, head to Africa to get away and resuscitate their ailing marriage. When robbed of their money and passports, they seek help from the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam on the very day Al Qaeda chooses to bomb it. In an eyeblink they are taken hostage and whisked across the border deep into the Congo, one of the last truly wild places left on earth.

Battling terrorists, deadly wildlife, and cannibalistic rebels, Scarlett and Sal must find a way to survive in a violent, primeval world. And the only person who may be able to save them is the assassin sent to kill them.

˃˃˃ PRAISE FOR JEREMY BATES AND HIS BOOKS:

“Thriller fans and readers of Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and other masters of the art will find much to love in this highly recommended, action-packed read.” – Midwest Book Review onIsland of the Dolls

“[A] short, sharp shocker…Bates writes persuasively from Brian’s adolescent point of view, making the horror of his youthful reminiscences that much more intense.” – Publishers Weekly on Black Canyon

“Jeremy Bates has written a great book that would make a great Hollywood screenplay!” –Suspense Magazine on The Taste of Fear

“Bates takes an intriguing premise to shocking lengths, revealing the outcome only in an epilogue. A graphically violent story with building suspense and a moral about where weaving such a web may lead.” – Booklist on White Lies

“The Catacombs is a thrilling descent into the unknown, peeling back the dark layers like a rotting onion, tears running down your face as you try to climb your way out. A hypnotic story of buried truths, disfigured creatures, and lost histories told with an authoritative voice full of heart and insight.” – Richard Thomas, Bram Stoker nominated author on The Catacombs

“Jeremy Bates doesn’t miss a trick, teasing and misleading, ratcheting up the tension as the heroine…loses traction on a slippery slope of deceptions.” – Glenn Kleier, New York Timesbestselling author on White Lies

Theatre of Shadows: Murder Mystery

Adrian White, the main character of crime/mystery novel “Theatre of Shadows”, is a failed writer who offers his literary services for a small compensation. That is, he writes first five chapters of a novel for clients found by his partner in “business”, one Mike Bergman, a lawyer. He then lets his clients handle the rest of the novel. When White goes to a deserved holiday in a classy summer resort and meets an extravagant blue-blooded Madame Marceau and her daughter Norma, things start to get more complicated.

Determined to take revenge on her husband, a prominent right-winged politician and a candidate for a seat in the House of Parliament, for numerous affairs, Norma commissions five chapters of an erotic novel that would, when it sees the light of day, ruin the politician’s career. Shortly after the novel’s publication, Norma is found dead, her husband disappears, while White gets kidnapped and wakes up in a room of an unknown mansion.

In a magnificent theatre, built within the catacombs beneath the mansion, White is required to watch performances that seem oddly familiar to him. He soon realizes that the plays are based on the novels whose initial chapters he himself has written. Soon he’ll face a terrible truth: he was kidnapped in order to choose the best theatrical performance. There can be only one winner. The reward for him is – life.

With the help of a girl called Ellen, he finds a secret passageway, and the two of them flee through a maze of catacombs. What follows is a dramatic chase… The escapees desperately wonder who the creator of the Theatre of Shadows might be… The discovery they make is astounding, and the consequences painful to all.

Off The Grid

Luke Kincaid is a model employee at the only company in the world that can deliver wireless electricity. He’s engaged to the CEO’s daughter and is quickly becoming the go-to corporate spy on its behalf. But Luke would rather tear the company down from the inside. The company killed his parents and it must pay.

Threatened by a secret that could destroy him and any chance of revenge, Luke sets off to find the true origins of this obscure technology, but discovers a vast deception that will change the world forever.

“This book is a combination of a thriller / science fiction / post-apocalyptic fiction that kept you engaged throughout the book. Without having a spoiler, the main premise is a new technology that transmits electricity wirelessly (vs. the current technology of transmission lines) and the effort to break the monopoly by those negatively impacted by this advancement as their community has been locked out of the electric transmission grid and have started reverting back to the past technologically. The author paints a believable scenario of the future that I could envision. . . . If you like a futuristic tale that reads like a thriller, I would recommend this one.”
-Michael G, Hall of Fame Top 50 Vine Voice Reviewer

“Off The Grid is a very detailed yet fast paced action book with a backdrop of technology. Almost instantly the characters and the setting brings you in and it is hard to put the book down.”-Bryan C, Goodreads review

“Dan Kolbet’s dystopian techno thriller Off the Grid offers us a picture of how a world without easy access to electricity might be” . . . a “fast-paced thriller”
-Self-Publishing Review

“Off the Grid is an interesting and compelling read both for mystery fans and electric power industry veterans.”
-Vito Longo, Tech Editor, T&D World

The Tracker

Sam doesn’t have a business card. Nothing that says Samuel W. Callahan, Political Tracker, Esq. Instead, he gets paid to hide in crowds, following candidates on the campaign trail to record their every misstep, public and private. It’s something Sam’s oddly good at since he grew up on the streets. And it’s not like he has anyone waiting for him at home. After a life spent in and out of foster care, Sam isn’t very good at getting close to people, or letting people get close to him. He just needs enough money to finish up at Georgetown Law and find a decent job so he can finally stop running.

But when Sam witnesses something that could destroy a rising political star, he has no choice but to run. In the line of fire, Sam must outrun the memories of his past if he wants to have any hope of outrunning an assassin’s bullets.

“A gritty, compelling and altogether engrossing novel that reads as if ripped from the headlines. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. Chad Zunker is the real deal.”
— Christopher Reich, New York Times Bestselling Author of Numbered Account and Rules of Deception

“Good Will Hunting meets The Bourne Identity.” — Fred Burton, New York Times Bestselling Author of Under Fire

“Wow! Adrenaline junkies, take note: THE TRACKER is one of those pulse-pounding, page-turning, over-in-one-night thrillers you’d expect from the regular names on the New York Times bestseller lists.” — Owen Laukkanen, Bestselling Author of The Professionals

Bones in the Wash

Winner, Best Book 2015, Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA)

Albuquerque Mayor Tomas Zamara understands that politics is like playing football on a muddy field. If you don’t get dirty, you’re not giving your all. But dirty politics is not his style.

The Democrats’ Barack Obama is drawing adoring crowds with his uplifting speeches, and Zamara’s GOP bosses are pressuring him to do “whatever it takes” to win. Challenging him every step of the way is fierce, young Sierra León of the Democracy Project, who calls on him to listen to his better self and reject his party’s unsavory practices.

But if only his life were as simple as politics. Mayor Zamara is also grappling with being a suspect in his wife’s murder; fending off his father, who wants to rescue his failing business with city money; and satisfying his demanding new woman, the radiant and volatile Tory Singer, who may not be who she says she is.

The Diaries

Propelled by the discovery of a set of mind-bending diaries penned by Adolf Hitler’s unwilling lover, a deadly pursuit ensues across Europe. Chased is Gage Hartline, a former special operations soldier. Stalking him are the French mob, a rogue DGSE agent, and his former employer, the United States Army. But when the one he loves is ripped from him, Gage turns the tables and becomes the hunter.

The first book in the Gage Hartline series, The Diaries is a modern example of the classic European espionage thriller.

The Jakarta Pandemic

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“Love Konkoly; the new Clive Cussler” Amazon reviewer

“I never read a book so fast. This book grabs you right away and had my adrenaline flowing through the whole book!” Amazon reviewer

“The book just pulled you in from the beginning. And, there was a scene which also brought me to tears.” Amazon reviewer

“The Jakarta Pandemic is a terrifying, cautionary tale that explores the depths of human desperation and its unremitting influence on our decisions.” Amazon reviewer

THE JAKARTA PANDEMIC:

Cases of a highly lethal virus appear in major cities around the globe. Most ignore the warning signs.

Alex Fletcher, Iraq War veteran, has read the signs for years. He understands the unique dangers of a pandemic flu and has taken the necessary steps to prepare. With his family and home prepared to endure an extended period of seclusion, Alex thinks he’s ready for the pandemic. He’s not even close.

The lethal H16N1 virus rapidly spreads across the nation, stretching the fragile bonds of society to the breaking point. Schools close, grocery stores empty, fuel deliveries stop, hospitals start turning away the sick…riots engulf the cities. As hostility and mistrust engulfs his idyllic Maine neighborhood, Alex quickly realizes that the H16N1 virus will be the least of his problems.

***The sequel, The Perseid Collapse, is now available***

“It delivers a vicious punch of violence and heroism for the reader to endure and admire. I could hardly put The Jakarta Pandemic down until I finished it.” – Amazon reviewer

“The tension builds as difficult choices are made, when no good options seem to be available. I found certain segments to be uncomfortably realistic, at times creepy in the way you could feel things closing in around the family.” – Amazon reviewer

“I found the setting to be a refreshing change from other PA novels. Stories in this genre tend to focus on the world at large or center on a group of people traveling on a journey to find safe harbor. This novel centers on one family hunkered down in their home and how they interact with their neighbors on their street. I was quite impressed with the level of research put into this novel, the author clearly did his homework.” – Richard Stephenson, author of the critically acclaimed New America series.

“It makes you think just how prepared you really are for any kind of emergency. It makes you question your resolve in a potential crisis. How far are you willing to go to protect your loved ones? Every day that goes by, these characters have to question what is right and what is wrong. Take the trip thru this book. You won’t be disappointed.” – Amazon reviewer

“Pay attention as you may learn a few things in this book that could help you make the best of an emergency situation. For that matter some of the info in this book may very well save your life.” – Amazon reviewer

“Anyone who has relished running to the hardware store before a big storm to stock up on essentials will be drawn to Steve Konkoly’s intricately-researched and drawn breakdown of our supply systems, and transfixed by his description of what it takes to survive six months of enforced isolation behind the locked (booby-trapped, draped and shuttered) doors of one’s own home.” – Amazon reviewer

Green Kills: A Medical Thriller

The CEO of a promising start-up company is found dead in a luxurious hotel room. Two men who underwent what were supposed to be simple surgical procedures died on the operating table in two different hospitals. Are the deaths related?

Ronnie Saar, a newly promoted partner in a leading venture capital fund, is unexpectedly nominated to chair the board of a successful pharmaceutical startup company. But before he can reap the rewards of his promotion, he must deal with these unexpected deaths and other ominous developments that threaten his and his soon-to-be bride lives.

His attempts to get to the truth expose a bitter reality: In the business world, money is more valuable than human lives.

>>>Fast-paced thriller

Ronnie has a lot to lose. His job, the bright future with the woman he loves and if not playing it safe – his life. Everybody around him offers the same advice – sell and move on with your life. But as his best friend Gady, a former military investigator in the Israeli army, discovers – things are not what they seem. A mysterious and powerful player has his own plan and he has no intention to stop until it is accomplished.

Green Kills is a fast-paced thriller with a complex plot exposing what goes on behind closed doors at the big money making firms. It leads the reader down the complicated path of venture capital funds’ decision-making, all the way to the unexpected finale.

The author is an experienced and successful high-tech entrepreneur who also worked more than thirteen years as a venture capitalist in Israeli and American venture capital funds. This book provides an intimate look behind the scenes of the mysterious “high-tech” world.

I Kill Rich People

Four shots and four New York billionaires are dead. The killer has disappeared without a trace. Long Island’s summer season shuts down as the body count mounts. No more yachting, dinners on the terrace, or charity galas. The Hamptons are empty. Having immense wealth suddenly isn’t fun, not while a silent and capable sniper is on the hunt.
He isn’t seeking attention. He isn’t after ransom. His motives are unknown. The only insight is found on index cards which show up in the mailrooms of major news stations saying “I KILL RICH PEOPLE”.

The donor whales scream at New York’s Mayor, Congressmen, and Senators for protection. But money and power won’t stop the shooter.
As the killing continues, a fan club grows for the shooter; the rich are suddenly the enemy, thanks mainly to Emerson Elliot, the radio shock jock who fans the flames. Elliot’s program exercises a populist voice that, to the ultra-rich, makes Elliot as threatening as the shooter.

While New York’s richest hide or die, a dozen law-enforcement agencies scramble for answers. Each agency is grabbing for newly-released federal funds and every one of them pursues its own agenda. Only Owen Cullen, NYPD’s lead detective, puts his life on the line to stop the shooter simply because that is the job. His job is to catch the killer, even as he is losing his own home to foreclosure. His family and friends might not understand, but Owen can’t afford to have second thoughts about saving billionaires. He has to do it; the job is who he is.

Owen and the select inter-agency unit around him begin to see some success while thousands of others are failing, but their momentum presses them toward a collision that some of them may not survive.

A Great Master Speaks – Immense Powers of the Ancients Revealed

2016 Edition – Explore the Greatest Knowledge of the Ages . . . Discover the Secrets of Power as Revealed in an Ancient Manuscript written by a Supreme Egyptian Master

This book takes you on an extraordinary journey through both space and time, from the remote ice peaks of the Himalayan Mountains to the highlands of Tibet, and far back through the ages to the mystic landscapes of ancient Egypt. Echoing down those vast corridors of time is the voice of the great Egyptian Master Kalika-Khenmetaten, who lived and authored esoteric manuscripts under the patronage of the great Kings of Upper and Lower Egypt, Amenhotep III and his successor Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), over three-thousand-three-hundred years old ago.

Riveting, magical, inspirational and richly enlightening, the story of Kalika is one of the most epic in history, and her writings reveal the great knowledge and power of the masters of those distant ages.

Fragments of the material presented in this book have at various times through the millennia appeared in arcane religious texts, in the more profound Eastern philosophies, and in the secret wisdom traditions of various ages. This is to be expected—the knowledge that conveys true power has an ancient origin. In modern times, splinters of this knowledge have resurfaced in various formats, although unfortunately absent both the most fundamental elements as well as the most advanced elements of the wisdom system of the supreme masters. The writings of Kalika-Khenmetaten are absent nothing—they are all-encompassing.

Attaining the ability to directly manifest whatever persons, circumstances and events you desire to experience in your life cannot be truly or fully achieved through simplistic concepts of “positive thinking” or some alleged “secret,” as so many people have learned. Kalika produced her manuscript, The Golden Crown, for important reasons. It is to some extent a manual, a comprehensive guide to reaching higher awareness, written by a supreme master for masters, but not only for masters. Kalika intended that it could be utilized by persons of requisite ability to reach, through their own efforts, significantly expanded levels of awareness. It sets forth the foundational recognitions and essential principals of consciousness necessary to master extraordinary creative powers.

In this book, you’ll learn from a true master how to attain and utilize your own creative power in every aspect of your life—wealth, health, relationships, love, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. If studied with care and practiced with intent, you will be enabled to recognize and utilize the hidden, untapped power within you.

The material in this book, owing to its nature, will if allowed come to possess a depth that will take on a life of its own. The knowledge and concepts expressed, when absorbed, can yield truly enormous rewards.

The Dead Man

If you like John Grisham’s twists and turns and James Patterson’s page-turning thrills, you’ll love Joel Goldman’s The Dead Man, the second book in the Jack Davis Thriller series!

“A masterful blend of rock-solid detective work and escalating dread. The Dead Man is both a top-notch thriller and a heart-rendering story of loss, courage and second chances. I loved it.”
Robert Crais, NYT Bestselling Author

“The Dead Man is one of those rare novels you will be tempted to read twice: the first time to enjoy and the second time to appreciate how Goldman put the pieces together. The hours spent on both will be more than worth it.”
Joe Hartlaub, Bookreporter.com

When people in a study of the human brain start to die exactly as they have dreamed they would die, Jack Davis crosses paths with a serial killer, taking him onto both sides of the law and into the path of a murderer’s terrifying rage.

Think John Grisham meets James Patterson and you’ve got Joel Goldman in The Dead Man!

“Goldman’s realistic setting, fast-paced dialogue and chilling plotting will have you wanting to read more in this gritty suspense series.”
Cindy Bauer, bookpleasures.com

“The Dead Man has all the plots and twists one may expect from a Grisham novel and the pace of a James Patterson crime story.”
Carolyn LeComte, Curledup.com

It doesn’t get any better than that, so grab The Dead Man and don’t let go!

And use your other hand to grab Shakedown, the first book in the Jack Davis Thriller series. When FBI Agent Jack Davis investigates a mass murder, a leak of crucial information and his imploding personal life throw him into the ultimate danger zone – where truth lies at the heart of betrayal

When a troubled young woman turns herself in for murder, Lou Mason takes the case – yet something about her story doesn’t add up. To catch a killer, Lou dives into a sordid world of money, drugs and a devastating black market where the price for the truth is paid in blood. A riveting, page-turning romp in the tradition of James Patterson!

Ryan Kowalczyk denied slaughtering a young couple even after his best friend turned against him, sending him to death row. In Deadlocked, Lou Mason is hired to prove Ryan’s innocence and killer does whatever it takes to stop him. The deeper Mason probes, the greater the danger – until the past and present collide in an explosion of deceit, corruption and murder.

In the Forest of Light and Dark: A Coming of Age Witchcraft Thriller

With one look at her you would think that Cera Singer from Saraland, Alabama is your typical teenage girl from a rural Southern Gulf town. That is, she faces all the problems you would expect a seventeen-year-old would face; boys, drugs, fitting in, her upcoming senior year, and on top of that getting her first car on the road. But what Cera doesn’t know yet is what will ultimately set Cera apart from all the other girls her age. Cera is a witch.

In this supernatural thriller, you’ll be taken along as Cera recounts her experiences in her memoir of how she discovered that the women in her mama’s family lineage were actually a long line of witches responsible for the protection of her new home and community. As Cera writes she will explain to you how her honest curiosity along with her rebellious, down-to-earth nature quickly got her into more than she could handle, mentally and physically, as she uncovers the many deep and well-hidden layers in her relationships with her mother and grandmother.

Synopsis:

After the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill shut down the fishing industry in the Gulf causing Cera’s Step Daddy Cade to lose his job, Cera and her parents find themselves in dire straits when they learn that their local bank is planning to foreclose on their home. Now just when Murphy’s Law seems to be at its all time worst for Cera and her family, news comes that Cera’s grandmother, Lyanna Barrett, has passed. But soon, Cera and her family quickly find out her passing isn’t all bad news. In an inheritance letter that Cera’s mama (Janine) receives in the weeks that follow her mother’s death, she is informed that she is to receive all of her mother’s assets which are to include a house in New York, a new Cadillac, and a substantial amount of cold, hard cash.

Reluctant to leave Saraland and move back to New York, Cera’s mama is torn but sees no other option other than accepting the inheritance that her mother bequeathed to her and make a fresh start back in her place of birth, Mount Harrison.

After arriving in Mt. Harrison, a picturesque, little Western New York village nestled in a valley below the forest covered mountain from which it gets its name—Cera quickly comes to the understanding as to why her mama, at age eighteen, had elected to run away from her home and head for the Deep South.

Nearly all the village’s residence, acting under a curse put upon them by Abellona Abbott (a three hundred-year-old witch that still resides in the forest atop Mt. Harrison and takes the embodiment of her teenage former self) treats Cera and her mama with utter contempt for bringing the Barrett blood line back into the village and thereby angering Abellona Abbott even further because of a grudge the witch still carries against the Barrett family that stretches back to the time of her death.

As Cera and her family try their best to settle into their new home and community, Cera immediately finds out, even before her very first day at her new school, that she along with her mama are not going to be welcomed in their new village which quickly becomes evident to Cera by the lack of acceptance she receives from several of her new classmates and her neighbor’s disdainful attitudes towards her and her family.

If Cera hopes to survive her senior year of high school, then together with the help of another village outcast named Katelyn, she has to piece together her family’s history in Mt. Harrison in connection with Abellona Abbott, and quickly develop her newly found magic skills before it’s too late.

Deadline

From the award-winning author of the indie smash “Village Books” comes a nerve-shredding thriller a millennium in the making.

When a body is found in front of the campus arts building, college newspaper editor Colin Mitchell immediately suspects there is more to the case than meets the eye.

His first clue is the severed hand that shows up in his inbox – a hand that belonged to a girl whose story Colin tried to write and both the college and the police did their best to ignore. His second clue is the strange symbol found at the scene of the crime, one that may have a connection to a murderous cult whose origins go back almost a thousand years to a highly secretive military religious order founded during the Crusades.

As he digs deeper into the mystery, Colin begins to uncover a trail of murder and corruption that extends beyond his wildest dreams. He’s going to need every last bit of his innate investigative talent and insider knowledge of how the school operates to get to the bottom of it all because the police are starting to zero in on him as their prime suspect…and the real killer is closer than he thinks.

Primal Fear

Hotshot attorney Martin Vail must defend a young man accused of brutally murdering Archbishop Rushman, known as the “Saint of Lakeview Drive.” This case looks impossible until his psychologist makes a discovery.

“Spine-tingling…Mr. Diehl can sustain suspense.”
–THE NEW YORK TIMES

Martin Vail, the brilliant “bad-boy” lawyer every prosecutor and politician loves to hate, is defending Aaron Stampler, a man found holding a bloody butcher’s knife near a murdered archbishop. Vail is certain to lose, but Vail uses his unorthodox ways to good advantage when choosing his legal team–a tight group of men and women who must uncover the extraordinary truth behind the archbishop’s slaughter. They do, in a heart-stopping climax unparalleled for the surprise it springs on the reader.

Clever twists and a bona fide surprise ending make this an above-average courtroom thriller, tapping into the post-O.J. scrutiny of our legal system in the case of a hotshot Chicago defense attorney (Richard Gere) whose latest client is an altar boy (Edward Norton) accused of murdering a Catholic archbishop. The film uses its own manipulation to tell a story about manipulation, and when we finally discover who’s been pulling the strings, the payoff is both convincing and pertinent to the ongoing debate over what constitutes truth in the American system of justice. Making an impressive screen debut that has since led to a stellar career, Norton gives a performance that rides on a razor’s edge of schizophrenic pathology–his role is an actor’s showcase, and without crossing over the line of credibility, Norton milks it for all it’s worth. Gere is equally effective in a role that capitalizes on his shifty screen persona, and Laura Linney and Frances McDormand give memorable performances in their intelligently written supporting roles.
–Jeff Shannon

A breach of security leads to the removal of highly sensitive information by a renegade American citizen from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the most advanced nuclear weapons for the US arsenal are developed. A manhunt is initiated, encompassing three continents, numerous security agencies, international intelligence services and even an anti-American faction of the Pakistani government.

˃˃˃ A realistic and absorbing thriller that will leave you sleepless for nights, until its surprising end.

The Dreadful Renegade is an ultra convincing thriller, based on real knowledge and experience that brings a shocking inside look on some of the agencies entrusted with protecting our way of life. It presents the reader with the harsh and threatening reality, that no one, not even our best allies, cares enough about our security.

David Z. Charles is the pen name of a renowned scientist who worked for the Israel Atomic Energy Commission for over 35 years, and has been active in the research and development of advanced analytical chemistry methods. He has also been involved as an expert in international affairs. In this fictional novel, he brings forth his knowledge of nuclear science, combined with his creative and captivating imagination.

The Dreadful Renegade follows The Dreadful Alchemist and precedes The Dreadful Patriot, another page-turning thriller by Charles Z. David.

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Amsterdam 2012

A young woman witnesses a murder in Amsterdam that touches off a Muslim rebellion and leads to the Great Eurabian War—World War III.

During her summer break, Ann Aulis travels to Amsterdam with her boyfriend Peter to visit the Anne Frank Museum. They befriend a hip Dutch couple who invites them home for dinner. They spend the night, and the next morning discover their hosts have been murdered. Ann and Peter flee to London only to find the murders have touched off a Muslim rebellion in Holland that spreads to England. They flee to the US, where Peter is detained at Kennedy Airport, then taken away by FBI agents.

Ann returns to her family in Los Angeles, horrified as she sees Muslim rebellions in Europe spread to civil war. With her lover in Guantanamo Bay Prison, Ann watches the United States slowly get dragged into the Eurabian war. As the Muslim world establishes a new caliphate, the United States falls into a major recession caused by high oil prices. Then a major flu epidemic. The only thing keeping Ann sane is her deep attachment to Anne Frank, and her love for Peter. Finally, Ann throws off her passivity, and decides to act.

Deadly Coast

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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Tom Dugan’s day started out pretty well, until he had to deal with a hijacked ship, murderous Somali pirates, and a fortune in sunken treasure (sitting on top of a long-lost and unstable bio-weapon), all before lunch. Then things got really difficult.

As Tom Dugan and Alex Kairouz, his partner and best friend, struggle to ransom their ship and crew from murderous Somali pirates, things take a turn for the worse. A US Navy contracted tanker with a full load of jet fuel is also hijacked, not by garden variety pirates, but by terrorists with links to Al Qaeda, changing the playing field completely.

With a possible link between piracy and terrorism now in play, the US and British governments order the halt of all negotiations for captive ships, and enraged pirates ratchet up the mistreatment of the captive crews. When one of their crewman is murdered in front of him on a live video feed, a frustrated Dugan takes matters into his own hands and starts his own rescue operation, only to stumble across something far more sinister — a rogue salvage operation for a long lost weapon of mass destruction. Isolated at sea on an old tanker previously destined for the ship breakers, Dugan and his hastily assembled little force of Russian mercenaries find themselves the last line of defense between the world and a terrifying bio-weapon.

Weaving historical fact with speculative fiction, Deadly Coast takes the reader from London board rooms into the very real world of modern day pirates — and their victims.

The Hostage

Meet Elmore Ackerman. He idolizes Sarah Roberts from afar, and has done so for more than five years. He has studied her pictures, memorized her news clippings and now waits in the dark for the day when he can make Sarah his hostage.
A steel cage waits for Sarah, where Elmore has practiced what he will do to her. The other girls he has practiced with now lay discarded, buried about his property. He keeps their fingernails and toenails to roll between his teeth, to savor their strength, to feel the nails weaken and give in, just as his victims do.

Elmore has a plan for Sarah, and she walks right into his trap.

Sarah Roberts is his hostage and no one knows where they are.

In Sarah Roberts Book Four, The Hostage, Sarah is in a fight not just for her freedom, but also her life.

Killer Pursuit: An Allison McNeil Thriller

When a high-society call girl is murdered in her Georgetown home, investigators find two cameras hidden in the walls of her bedroom. One has its memory erased, presumably by the murderer. The second is connected to the Internet through an encrypted connection…and no-one knows who’s on the other end.

Special Agent Allison McNeil is asked by beleaguered FBI Director Clarence Mason to run an off-the-record investigation of the murder because of the murder’s similarity to a case she worked a year earlier. Allison knows the most direct path to apprehending the killer is to find the videos, but the rumors that the victim’s client list may have included Mason’s political enemies has her worried about the director’s motives. As she starts her investigation, she quickly discovers that she’s not the only one pursuing the videos. In fact, the most aggressive person racing against her might be the murderer himself.

Free Falling

A fun family vacation turns into an apocalyptic nightmare when a couple and their young son find themselves trapped in the Irish countryside during an international crisis. With all contact outside the country gone, all electricity and all non horse-powered vehicles useless and desperate bands of outlaws roaming the Emerald Isle, the time has come for one soft American family to reach deep within for the reserve of brains and courage to survive.

I am now on the sixth book in the series and I love it. It gives a pretty believable look into what life would be like after an EMP. Sure, it sometimes oversimplifies, but not that often. The twists and turns have kept me “turning pages”! The characters are likeable and recognizable. Really an enjoyable read!

Okay, so this series is truly addictive. Book one was free but over the Christmas holiday break I have read up to book 6! Initially the American characters are a bit annoying with their Americanized upper crust thinking and actions but one by one the characters evolve and I started to really get into the story. Vacation is over in a few more days so I will probably spring for book 7.

Symbiosis

Identical twins Talulah and Taliah have never been apart. Viewed as curiosities by children and adults alike, they coexist in an insular world with their own secret language. But being identical doesn’t necessarily mean being equal…

Soon a series of momentous events will send Talulah and Taliah spiralling out of control, setting them on a collision course with a society that views them as two parts of a whole. Will their symbiotic relationship survive?

Perceptive and poignant, Symbiosis explores our enduring fascination with twins and the complexities of twinship.

Fracture

The Free Nation
Senator Burton and his son Ben arrive in the Tula strongholds for peace talks, but find that a treaty between the two nations has a price. Confronted by a world of sedate tranquility the two men are appalled to learn that the Tula Council rules with an iron rod of fear and repression. The Council removes anyone who dares to stand in the way of their reforms and Ben uncovers a secret that puts his life in danger.

The Tula
Astra has been pressured into working for the very Council that threatens to kill her loved ones. No stranger to loss, the precariously balanced world she has constructed begins to fracture when Ben starts asking difficult questions about her past. As her deepest secrets are uncovered, Astra finds there are secrets in her childhood that even she is unaware of.

The Una
Kai is Apprentice Headman to the Una people. Unaccountably called upon to sacrifice his honour in the name of peace, Kai’s hatred toward this injustice proves all consuming. If the time comes, will he be able to forgive the woman that betrayed him?

When these three worlds collide ugly truths come to light on every side. Is there any way to make peace, or will the world end in discord?

CAME A SHADOW

When he is eight years old Reuben Sykes kills his abusive father in a remote cabin in the mountains of Virginia. Although the act brings with it a sense of tremendous relief, Reuben takes no pleasure in it. The subsequent murder of his sister, though, is an entirely different matter. When done, in fact, his only regret is that he can’t kill her all over again.
Sixty-four years later, when four-year-old Sophie Crandall is abducted from her grandfather’s home in rural Maine, the ensuing investigation brings answers no one is prepared to hear.

A roller-coaster ride of a book that will thrill you, shock you, and ultimately leave you with a sense of dread.

AMAZON READER REVIEWS:
“I finished this book several days ago and it keeps visiting me anyway. This is definitely one of the best books I have ever read and I am an avid reader.”
“By far, one of the best suspense novels I’ve read in a long time. Dakin is a brilliant story teller.”
“Wow!!! This book is a true thriller!
“This is a first rate mystery/thriller. The story is very believable, and the characters are real and intriguing.”
“The story is extremely fast paced with brilliant narration.”
“Very intense! The characters are strong and backed by a solid plot. Just don’t think you have figured everything out until you read the last page.”
“Addictive! I’m truly hooked and wouldn’t have it any other way!!!!”
“Chilling. Tragedy begets horror in this unrelenting tale of serial murder. Dakin does a wonderful job of keeping his readers hoping for relief while he weaves tragedy, hope, love, hatred, and brutality into a masterwork worth reading.”

Jake Fonko M.I.A.

Bombs, babes and bullets – and America’s coolest covert agent Jake Fonko is up to his neck in it all.

Ex-surfer Jake Fonko’s latest mission – locate a former CIA asset gone missing in Cambodia – has his Army Ranger instincts on full alert. He might be handsome, fit and a decorated warrior, but he’s certainly no international spy. But Jake, ever the good soldier, agrees to the CIA’s directive, trudging over the border to Phnom Penh. Even with few leads, everything goes well – until the bloodthirsty Khmer Rouge roars into town. That’s not cool at all, because they clap Jake in Tuol Sleng torture chamber while they gear up their killing fields.

Relying on his training, keen observations and ironic sense of humor might not be enough to save him. And one surprise after another pops up on his way to the wild truth.

Bone Pit: A Chilling Medical Suspense Thriller

WHY DOES A HOSPITAL NEED BARS ON THE WINDOWS?
And why is the parking lot empty? As RNs Gina Fazzio and her fiancé Harry Lucke arrive for their new assignment as travel nurses, they suddenly have the chilling feeling of being about to enter a Stephen King novel—only in rural Nevada instead of Maine. This adventure’s supposed to be a respite from San Francisco, with its numbing memories of murder and kidnapping, but they seem to have signed up to work at a hospital with no windows on the first floor and barred windows on the second.

But a job’s a job, and they know the patients in there need help—Alzheimer’s patients. Only, the two nurse sleuths quickly discover, there aren’t as many as there used to be. Are patients here dying at an alarming rate? Sure seems like it to Gina and Harry. This could be murder committed on a grand scale—a uniquely medical crime complete with cover-up.

In this chilling work of medical suspense, they unravel a conspiracy conceived by Big Pharma and a mad scientist—a terrifying megalomaniac with way too much power, the classic Doctor-God ego, and a grisly hobby. Very grisly. Like all entries in the Gina Mazzio series, only fans of hard-boiled, hard-core medical crime series need apply. (Even then, they should expect a few goose bumps and maybe the odd nightmare.)

Bone Pit will also appeal to those who love hospital mysteries, women sleuths, a bit of romance, a dash of humor, and crime fiction that spills ever-so-slightly into horror territory–not to mention action/adventure. If you like Tess Gerritsen, Robin Cook, Eileen Dreyer, Carolyn McCray, and especially Lisa Genova, this is your kind of mystery!

“Deftly plotted and artfully executed, Bone Pit is a compelling read that provides a shocking look at the world of contemporary medicine and big pharma.” -Sheldon Siegel, New York Times best-selling author

Mr. H.I.V.

Darren Wade is the perfect man. He is college educated, has a good job, and has a wonderful relationship with his mother. He is also H.I.V. positive. Darren’s H.I.V. status leads him on a mission to intentionally infect women. To complete his mission Darren will have unprotected sex with any female who is willing to have unprotected sex with him. This story is entertaining, educational, and a classic example of art imitating life.

Loved this book! It was a page turner. I was new to this author and was not disappointed! I learned a lot about HIV and how its affects a person’s body feelings…all around a great read!

Hollywood Dirty: A Hollywood Alphabet Series Thriller

Kate and Bernie are back in this edge-of-your seat thriller with laugh out loud humor. Hollywood Dirty is the fourth book in the Hollywood Alphabet Series Thrillers.

LAPD Detective Kate Sexton and her canine partner, Bernie, are out to solve one of the biggest crimes in Hollywood history. Olympic gold medalist, Jezzie Rose, America’s sweetheart, has been found dead and dumped in an alleyway. All signs point to Jezzie’s former boyfriend as committing the crime, but the case takes an unexpected turn when Kate suspects someone else is involved. Things get complicated when LAPD’s new chief of police allows the press into the case. To make matters worse Kate’s love life is on the rocks, her roommates Natalie and Mo insist on interfering in the case, and her sexually obsessed elderly landlord, Nana, has taken in a clinically depressed Elvis impersonator. Oh, and one other thing. Kate is determined to get to the bottom of a thirty-year-old family secret that involves lies, betrayal, and murder.

Can Kate track down the killer, keep her friends under control, deal with Nana and Elvis’s lusty relationship, find love again, and finally uncover the truth behind her family secrets? Hollywood Dirty is loads of trouble, tons of laughs, and full of the dirty little secrets that makes the city of dreams famous.

Hollywood Dirty is the fourth book in the Hollywood Alphabet Series Thrillers. Other books include Hollywood Assassin, Hollywood Blood, Hollywood Crazy, and coming soon, Hollywood Enemy!

The Road to Key West

The Road to Key West is an adventurous/humorous sojourn that cavorts its way through the 1970s Caribbean, from Key West and the Bahamas, to Cuba and Central America.
In August of 1971, Kansas Stamps and Will Bell set out to become nothing more than commercial divers in the Florida Keys, but adventure, or misadventure, seems to dog them at every turn. They encounter a parade of bizarre characters, from part-time pirates and heartless larcenists, to Voodoo bokors, a wacky Jamaican soothsayer, and a handful of drug smugglers. Adding even more flavor to this Caribbean brew is a complicated romance, a lost Spanish treasure, and a pre antediluvian artifact created by a distant congregation who truly understood the term, “pyramid power.”
Pour yourself a margarita, sit back, and slide into the ‘70s for a while as you follow Kansas and Will through this cocktail of madcap adventures – on The Road To Key West.
IF YOU ENJOY THIS NOVEL BE SURE TO READ THE SEQUEL, “BACK ON THE ROAD TO KEY WEST” (To be released in late August or early September, 2013)

“Jimmy Buffett should set this tropical tale to music! The best Key West stories can only be written by those who have lived here, and Reisig expertly captures the steamy, seedy, beautiful allure of the islands. “The Road to Key West” takes readers on a hysterical journey through the humidity and humanity that only exists in the lower latitudes. And much like the Keys in the 1970s, it’s a hell of a trip.
—Mandy Bolen, The Key West Citizen

“The Road to Key West” combines the dry cleverness of Lewis Grizzard, the wit of Dave Barry, and Reisig’s impeccable sense of timing. It’s an action-packed, romantic, charming, hilarious take on the ‘70s and its generation. A must-read!
—John Archibald, Ouachita Life Magazine

Loss Of Reason: A Thriller

Distant for many years, Franklin out of Pennsylvania and his step-brother Everon out of Nevada are connected by a single link: Their sister Cynthia.

Enter The Nightmare

A nuclear bomb is detonated in New York. Banker, wife, mother, Cynthia lives in New York.

The military has quarantined the city. All bridges and tunnels have been destroyed or blocked. Easterly winds have forced the bomb’s huge radiation cloud out over Long Island. But the wind is about to change.

A Murder of Crows

A Murder of Crows is the prologue novella to the Adventures of the X Pirates series and a completely new and unique experience in the world of pirate lore. Readers, reviewers, authors, and bloggers have made this tale an Amazon best seller in both the fantasy and action adventure categories.

This is the possibly true life story of the deadliest pirate and criminal mastermind to ever sail the high seas. This first installment tells the origin story of his spiral into madness, the indoctrination of his cutthroat crew, the creation of the eerie ship they sail, and the night of violence and murder that bore them all.

A Murder of Crows introduces you to an all animal world full of epic pirate fantasy, where nothing is what it seems, and everything is suspect. A world where both heroes and villains have a tortured past and every twist and turn tests their resolve. This is a dark fantasy full of treachery, deceit, and terror and your first port of call in the Adventures of the X Pirates.

It’s hard to tell you much about this story without spoiling the unique ambiance that Medina creates with his particular style of writing, so forgive me for being vague. Part fantasy, part fairytale, it’s a delightfully wicked little tale about what happens when absolute evil takes over. The literary style Medina uses is reminiscent of the old-style oral storytelling that you’ll want to slow down and savor, yet the story itself moves at an easy, steady pace. I read it over the space of a couple lunch hours and was loathe to put it down when I had to go back to work.

The Bones of Others

Brutalized as a young girl by a vile sexual predator, Skye Cree is a survivor. Guided by the visions of her mystical spirit guide to the whereabouts of abducted girls, she uses her unique abilities to turn her horrifying past into a positive force for justice. Fighting the demons that have haunted her for years, she trusts only in herself—until she falls hard for a man for the first time in her life. Now, discovering her abductor is back with a vengeance, she becomes locked in a deadly race against time to stop the horrors of an evil human-trafficking ring that threatens to tear her world—and her newfound love apart.

“Dark and edgy–romantic suspense with a pulse-pounding pace.” David C. Cassidy, author of Velvet Rain

3 LIES: A Masters Thriller

On hiatus from the corporate treadmill, Clint finds love to last a lifetime in Beth. While she recovers from kidney failure through dialysis, Beth is kidnapped from her home. But Clint’s the only one who suspects foul play in her disappearance. In spite of the evidence, her family refuses to admit she’s in danger. And without routine dialysis, Beth won’t survive.

Five hundred miles south, the case attracts the attention of spy trackers at the CIA.

Can Clint find Beth before her kidneys fail or her abductors unload a bullet in his head?

An espionage and suspense thriller with a techno bent, 3 LIES is set along the Massachusetts coast.

Marie

The human search for a solution to disease and physical decay has driven many to go to extreme measures. Dr. Carl Stanley’s efforts are no exception, his creation, Marie becomes the picture of physical perfection; possessing the ability to heal at a rapid rate. She has been groomed from infancy to apply her gifts in the service of war. However even a woman given all the physical gifts in the world is not immune to pain and suffering. One can only be pushed so far before pushing back. Can they handle what they have created….Can she?

Sometimes the cure is far more dangerous than the disease…..

Marie by Ana Elise Meyer will catapult the reader through this action thriller with twists and turns. It will surprise and shock even in the final pages!! The heroine, Marie, is a strong but tortured woman, trying to resolve the traumatic events that have been thrust upon her. Taken as an infant and raised by a secret, government organization determined to create the perfect warrior, Marie is forced to conform to the rigors and hazards of this elite existence. That is, until she discovers the one person willing to defy her controllers and escape with her. But, there is no freedom for the ‘perfect’ warrior, not without a price. This is the first thriller novel on my bookshelf, and I’m happy, I gave it a chance. For a fast-paced story with a formidable heroine, a diverse cast of characters and a terrific set-up for the sequel, Marie will not disappoint. I highly recommend it.

The Great Game

After years of patient preparation, a block of countries led by China and Russia stages an overnight financial coup to unseat the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Fortunes are made and lost in a matter of hours. But some have more far-ranging plans than financial gain.

Computer engineer David Ferguson has no idea that a chance meeting with a friendly stranger in the airport will change everything. Suddenly, he is running for his life, without knowing why or from whom. In trying to evade his pursuers, David accidentally involves Maggie Sappin, a graduate student and a transplant from Kiev. To save themselves, they have to uncover the reasons behind a financial crisis and political upheaval that followed. From Los Angeles to Texas, Kiev, Moscow, and New York, the body count mounts along with the layers of deception as two innocent people become key players in—The Great Game.

This is a work of fiction. But what are presented in the story as facts of the time of writing are indeed facts in real life. And if some elements look hard to imagine, back in the early 1980s one would have been laughed at for suggesting that in a few short years people would be dancing on top of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union would be no longer.
While The Great Game has originally been conceived as a stand-alone work, it is now the middle book in The Counterpoint trilogy. The prequel, called The Metronome, has been published in August of 2014. The sequel, called The Outer Circle, will be published in April of 2015. The Great Game and The Metronome are largely independent, with only a minor overlap amongst the characters. The Outer Circle brings the heroes of the two earlier books together to conclude their journey.

Fallen Out

When Jesse McDermitt retires from the Marine Corps at age 37, he has no idea what he will do for the rest of his life. He only knows he doesn’t want to spend the coming winter anywhere cold. His greatest skill is killing people from up to a mile away and he knows there aren’t many job opportunities in the civilian world for that.

However, he also knows his way around boats and has an old friend living free and easy in the Florida Keys. Being an experienced diver and angler, he immediately heads south toward Key West and the end of the road.

With a single comment, a waitress in a waterfront restaurant in north Key Largo shakes loose a long dormant dream and Jesse runs with it. With the help of friends, new and old, he buys just the right boat to live on and soon starts a part time charter business.

Danger lurks in the sleepy little town of Marathon, in the middle of the Florida Keys, as well as in the swamps of the Everglades. But danger doesn’t expect to run into a man like Jesse. A man who will not only respond swiftly in facing it, but with a vengeance unexpected.

In the Forest of Light and Dark

With one look at her you would think that Cera Singer from Saraland, Alabama is your typical teenage girl from a rural Southern Gulf town. That is, she faces all the problems you would expect a seventeen-year-old would face; boys, drugs, fitting in, her upcoming senior year, and on top of that getting her first car on the road. But what Cera doesn’t know yet is what will ultimately set Cera apart from all the other girls her age. Cera is a witch.

In this supernatural thriller, you’ll be taken along as Cera recounts her experiences in her memoir of how she discovered that the women in her mama’s family lineage were actually a long line of witches responsible for the protection of her new home and community. As Cera writes she will explain to you how her honest curiosity along with her rebellious, down-to-earth nature quickly got her into more than she could handle, mentally and physically, as she uncovers the many deep and well-hidden layers in her relationships with her mother and grandmother.

Synopsis:

After the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill shut down the fishing industry in the Gulf causing Cera’s Step Daddy Cade to lose his job, Cera and her parents find themselves in dire straits when they learn that their local bank is planning to foreclose on their home. Now just when Murphy’s Law seems to be at its all time worst for Cera and her family, news comes that Cera’s grandmother, Lyanna Barrett, has passed. But soon, Cera and her family quickly find out her passing isn’t all bad news. In an inheritance letter that Cera’s mama (Janine) receives in the weeks that follow her mother’s death, she is informed that she is to receive all of her mother’s assets which are to include a house in New York, a new Cadillac, and a substantial amount of cold, hard cash.

Reluctant to leave Saraland and move back to New York, Cera’s mama is torn but sees no other option other than accepting the inheritance that her mother bequeathed to her and make a fresh start back in her place of birth, Mount Harrison.

After arriving in Mt. Harrison, a picturesque, little Western New York village nestled in a valley below the forest covered mountain from which it gets its name—Cera quickly comes to the understanding as to why her mama, at age eighteen, had elected to run away from her home and head for the Deep South.

Nearly all the village’s residence, acting under a curse put upon them by Abellona Abbott (a three hundred-year-old witch that still resides in the forest atop Mt. Harrison and takes the embodiment of her teenage former self) treats Cera and her mama with utter contempt for bringing the Barrett blood line back into the village and thereby angering Abellona Abbott even further because of a grudge the witch still carries against the Barrett family that stretches back to the time of her death.

As Cera and her family try their best to settle into their new home and community, Cera immediately finds out, even before her very first day at her new school, that she along with her mama are not going to be welcomed in their new village which quickly becomes evident to Cera by the lack of acceptance she receives from several of her new classmates and her neighbor’s disdainful attitudes towards her and her family.

If Cera hopes to survive her senior year of high school, then together with the help of another village outcast named Katelyn, she has to piece together her family’s history in Mt. Harrison in connection with Abellona Abbott, and quickly develop her newly found magic skills before it’s too late.

Any Means Necessary

When nuclear waste is stolen by jihadists in the middle of the night from an unguarded New York City hospital, the police, in a frantic race against time, call in the FBI. Luke Stone, head of an elite, secretive, department within the FBI, is the only man they can turn to. Luke realizes right away that the terrorists’ aim is to create a dirty bomb, that they seek a high-value target, and that they will hit it within 48 hours.

A cat and mouse chase follows, pitting the world’s most savvy government agents versus its most sophisticated terrorists. As Agent Stone peels back layer after layer, he soon realizes he is up against a vast conspiracy, and that the target is even more high value than he could have imagined—leading all the way to the President of the United States.

With Luke framed for the crime, his team threatened and his own family in danger, the stakes could not be higher. But as a former special forces commando, Luke has been in tough positions before, and he will not give up until he finds a way to stop them—using any means necessary.

Twist follows twist as one man finds himself up against an army of obstacles and conspiracies, pushing even the limits of what he can handle, and culminating in a shocking climax.

A political thriller with heart-pounding action, dramatic international settings, and non-stop suspense, ANY MEANS NECESSARY marks the debut of an explosive new series that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

The Good Daughter: A Mafia Story

“With THE GOOD DAUGHTER, Diana Layne delivers all the elements of a classic romantic suspense–fast pace, a layered and twisty plot, memorable characters and the perfect balance of sensuality. An exceptionally well-executed element of Mafia culture combined with a high level of danger make the book fresh and impossible to put down.”

~LINDA CASTILLO, New York Times bestselling author of BREAKING SILENCE

Dave sat up straighter when she entered the bar. Sandro had promised the contact would have useful information and be immediately recognizable, but he never specified male or female. Was this his informant? Carlo Peruzzo’s daughter. The Mafia princess herself.

Her gaze scanned the room until she saw him. Though her lips were pressed in a straight line, a sparkle flashed in her eyes as if she knew just how she had shocked him.Dave realized his heart rate had kicked up a few notches when their eyes had locked. His jaw would have dropped if he hadn’t been the kind of guy trained not to show his emotions.

She walked purposefully toward him, making her way through the crowded tables. Black designer jeans hugged nice curvy hips, and her full breasts were covered with a pink plaid, pearl-button western shirt. Interesting color choice. A leather belt wrapped around her waist, and his focus narrowed. Best he could tell the belt was pink, too. And there were some kind of pink jewels inlaid in the buckle.

He hid a smile. The only thing that would complete the color coordination was if she had on-he looked down, yep, pink cowboy boots. Pretty-in-pink cowgirl-Mafia princess. That certainly wasn’t an image he expected to see. With her head high, and her gaze fixed on him she seemed unaware-or unaffected-byt he attention she garnered. And she certainly got a fair share of stares. He saw more than one man pause with a drink halfway to his mouth, head swiveling to keep track as she walked past.

Dave had never seen the high-and-mighty Mafia daughter in anything other than expensive business suits, with her hair pulled back and her makeup understated, but tonight she wore this chic knock-off cowgirl look well. With her dark wavy hair swinging free around her shoulders, her smooth olive skin glowing, and lips a luscious color of pink to match as well, she could raise the lust level in a saint.

The Getaway

‘Well developed characters, excellent writing and a story with more twists than a corkscrew’

‘This is the second Tom Barber novel I’ve read and I’m still very impressed’

‘Excellent read, non-stop action end to end, just the way a book should be’

‘The Getaway is one of the best first books that I have read in a long time. The action is non-stop, the characters are realistic and the writing is taut and descriptive. I think that this author is someone that we’ll be hearing a lot more of in the future’

‘I could not put this book down. Great story, kept me interested all the way through. Believable characters and a brilliant twist at the end’

To Catch a Killer

Kellen Monello, a mentally troubled and overworked FBI Agent will do anything to catch the serial killers of America. But, when the state of Texas is ravaged by a traveling kidnapper and murderer, Kellen doesn’t have a single lead to go on as bodies continue to pile up. That is, until an imprisoned killer, Ezra Grazer, sends her a mysterious tip and breaks the case open. After another victim disappears and the death clock begins to tick, Kellen has no choice but to work with this oddly helpful murderer in hopes of finding the next victim before it’s too late. But, is Ezra Grazer truly there to help, or is he just waiting for something more sinister?

Book two, “The Sunshine Spree” is available on Amazon now!

I love a good thriller. I love books filled with suspense and excitement. This new book To Catch A Killer by Mitch Goth has it all. Goth has a style that is both unique and captivating. He brings you into the worlds of his characters. Before long you find yourself immersed in their every though, word or deed. Visually appealing the story is vivid and crystal clear in descriptions. Do not pass up the opportunity to sit in the world of crime and punishment and see if you can catch the killer before he catches you.

My heart was racing in my chest! Mitch Goth really know how to spin a thriller- an exceptional one at that! I was glued to the screen as I turned each suspenseful page, wondering what kind of twist I’d run into next. His writing is so captivating and brilliant, to top it all of, beautiful. I had a really amazing time reading To Catch a Killer and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a great, heart-thudding thriller.

Trick Question: A Hard-Boiled New Orleans Legal Thriller

DUNBAR’S INVENTED A NEW GENRE: CALL IT CREOLE-FOODIE-NOIR.

Trick Question is the THIRD mouth-watering mystery in Edgar- and Anthony-nominatedauthor Tony Dunbar’s beloved TUBBY DUBONNET series.
“A real work of mystery art.” -New Orleans Times-Picayune
“[Tubby Dubonnet] makes a charming guide to a side of New Orleans few see.” -Booklist

For the discerning reader who enjoys a knowing chuckle, a sazerac, a bit of pompano en papillote, and a running travelogue of New Orleans along with his murders…

Medical lab janitor Cletus Busters is caught red-handed in a restricted area with the frozen head of Dr. Whitney Valentine, one of the lab’s most prestigious researchers. Busters won’t say much, except that he’s innocent. But given his conspicuous record and past as a voodoo guru, all signs point to life in prison.

Calling Tubby Dubonnet!

With the trial less than a week away, Busters’ lawyer has made exactly two motions – heading to the bar for several rounds of Wild Turkey and begging Tubby for help. Meanwhile, Tubby’s taken on a new client – a female boxer with an abusive boyfriend – and also has to referee the romantic entanglements of his ex-wife and three teenage daughters.

But as Buster’s trial proceeds, and the jury savors the startling evidence (alongside Dunbar’s succulent descriptions of Crescent City cuisine), the danger mounts. Revealing the murderer could prove to be Tubby’s biggest triumph – or his last case ever.

Warning: Do not attempt to read this book without a handy snack – preferably a Hubig’s pie or a pack of Zapp’s potato chips. Both would be better.

“Dunbar’s understated, syncopated delivery makes you wonder if there are enough honest men in New Orleans for a rubber of bridge” -Kirkus

“Dunbar weaves together the many strands of his highly entertaining tale with much skill and wit.” -Publisher’s Weekly

SOUND OF BLOOD

“REAL WOMEN, REAL VILLAINS AND REAL HEROES MAKE LAWRENCE DE MARIA’S ‘SOUND OF BLOOD’ A GREAT READ, WITH A SHOCKING ENDING” –JANET EVANOVICH

MURDER, LOVE AND REVENGE ARE THE EXPLOSIVE MIX THAT PROPELS THIS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NOVEL, WHICH WAS RATED NO. 19 IN A LIST OF THE 100 BEST FINANCIAL THRILLERS ON AMAZON.
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It’s always important to kill the right person. That’s a lesson Jesús Garza and Christian Keitel learn the hard way. Innovative and strangely likable (albeit with a bent for the macabre), the two assassins were just following orders when they eliminated a pesky reporter threatening corporate secrets. Unfortunately for them — and their billionaire boss — the reporter had a secret of his own. The killers have set off a chain reaction of revenge that threatens a financial empire built on murder, sex, fraud and political corruption.

Enter Jake Scarne, a rogue New York City cop turned private eye sent to Florida by a grieving father to uncover the truth about his son’s death. Bodies pile up from coast to coast as Scarne finds himself in the crosshairs of a powerful media baron, vicious mobsters, various homicide cops, the F.B.I. – and a beautiful, amoral woman that men hate to love, but do.

Jake Scarne is a hero in the tradition of Robert Parker’s Spenser, tougher than nails and as quick with a quip as he is with a gun. With friends on both sides of the law, he’ll cut any corner when seeking the truth.

SOUND OF BLOOD is the rare novel that has some critics praising it as a terrific financial thriller and others likening it to JAWS. There is murder, and not a little sex. But at the novel’s heart is a tragic love story that tests the boundaries of loyalty and loss.

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CRITICAL PRAISE

“Real women, real villains and real heroes make Lawrence De Maria’s Sound of Blood a terrific read. As with Jaws, you won’t want to go near the ocean – but the land isn’t much safer.” — JANET EVANOVICH (#1 New York Times Bestselling Novelist)

“SOUND OF BLOOD is a rollicking good adventure mystery with all the essential ingredients: an intrepid private eye, bizarre murders, international intrigue, missing documents, gorgeous women and slippery financial dealings. For those who enjoy dialog of the jocular irony-exaggeration genre, De Maria is a master. We read books like this to have a fast ride in another world, where lots of bad things happen to new and believable characters, where the good guys, though badly flawed, win out, and the villains get what’s coming to them. SOUND OF BLOOD delivers.” — THE WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS

“From Miami to Staten Island, Lawrence De Maria’s Sound of Blood grabs you by the scruff of the neck and doesn’t let go – a thriller that delivers on every page, with enough heart and financial intrigue for three books. When you buy it, put in an order for his next one, too.” — DAVID O. STEWART (Bestselling author of The Summer of 1787)

“Fast, funny and furious, featuring a femme fatale for the ages, and a shocking ending, Sound of Blood hits all the right notes. A sweeping thriller that mirrors today’s headlines (and actually predicted them!). A father’s search for the truth about his son’s murder and an investigator’s dogged pursuit of the killers lead to the collapse of a vast international financial empire. But there is more to Sound of Blood than murder and mayhem. At its core is something missing from most of today’s fiction: real characters and a terrific love story.” — JOHN CRUDELE (The New York Post)

Rise of The Iron Eagle

When justice feels unjust, it’s hardly fair for a killer to live a long life on death row. “Rise of the Iron Eagle: The Iron Eagle Series Book One” gives readers a surprising anti-hero in the form of a vigilante killer. While the guilty beg his mercy, the Eagle extracts justice and, himself, becomes hunted … but should he be?

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Detective Jim O’Brian and FBI Profiler Special Agent Steve Hoffman are hunting for a brutal serial killer; however, this case defies the profiling rules both men have been trained to detect. “The Iron Eagle” appears to only hunt and capture serial killers. Time is of the essence as with each passing day “The Eagle” gets more brazen. The deeper O’Brian and Hoffman dig into profiling the killer, the more they realize that this is more than a race against time – it’s a race laden with the realization that the killer may be one of their own.

From the inside flap:

The city of Los Angeles is no stranger to violence. It has both a colorful and grotesque history with it. Sheriff’s Homicide Detective Jim O’Brian and FBI Profiler Special Agent Steve Hoffman are also no strangers to the violence of the sprawling metropolis, but in the past decade something has changed. There’s a serial killer preying on other serial killers – some known by law enforcement, others well off radar. “The Iron Eagle,” a vigilante, extracts vengeance for the victims of Los Angeles’ serial killers. His methods are meticulous and his killings brutal. With each passing day, “The Iron Eagle” moves with impunity through the streets of Los Angeles in search of his prey. O’Brian and Hoffman create an elite task force with the sole purpose of catching “The Eagle” and bringing him to justice. But the deeper they delve, the more apparent it is that he may very well be one of their own. As the two men stare into the abyss of their search, the eyes of “The Iron Eagle” stare back.

***Content Warning: While the Iron Eagle Series can be read out of order as a stand-alone book the reader should be advised that backgrounds and details of the characters may be confusing if readers choose to do so. The Iron Eagle Crime novel series contains mature subject matter, graphic violence, sexual content, language, torture and other scenes that may be disturbing to sensitive readers. This series is not intended for anyone under the age of eighteen, reader discretion is advised.***

I proofread a preview copy of “The Missings” for Ms. Brantley with no intention of writing a review. I got so tied up in the story that I had to back up occasionally to force myself back into editing mode. Ms. Brantley’s handling of the Latinos in this story is outstanding. I have discovered in my travels in Mexico that the poorer Mexicans would answer any questions with “sí” because if they gave a wrong answer they got jumped on my the more affluent in their society. This behavior has carried over into the US by the illegals who have formed the barrios in our country. Ms. Brantly captures this in her descriptions of the people on “the other side of the tracks” avoiding anything to do with law enforcement or even people outside their society. Her handling of bigotry against “those people” even by Mexican Americans is very well presented and adds to the plot.

Ms. Brantley also captures the deep depression of those who lose a loved one before their time, which is woven into the plot.

Besides the above, the story moves along swiftly. One does not want to wait to find out what happens in the next step. I am not well informed on law enforcement but it seemed to me to be very realistic. She actually points out that “hey, we are not on CIS here”. Five stars all the way and as good as her “Red Tide” is, this one is even better, much better!

In the Forest of Light and Dark: A Coming of Age Witchcraft Thriller

With one look at her you would think that Cera Singer from Saraland, Alabama is your typical teenage girl from a rural Southern Gulf town. That is, she faces all the problems you would expect a seventeen-year-old would face; boys, drugs, fitting in, her upcoming senior year, and on top of that getting her first car on the road. But what Cera doesn’t know yet is what will ultimately set Cera apart from all the other girls her age. Cera is a witch.

In this supernatural thriller, you’ll be taken along as Cera recounts her experiences in her memoir of how she discovered that the women in her mama’s family lineage were actually a long line of witches responsible for the protection of her new home and community. As Cera writes she will explain to you how her honest curiosity along with her rebellious, down-to-earth nature quickly got her into more than she could handle, mentally and physically, as she uncovers the many deep and well-hidden layers in her relationships with her mother and grandmother.

Synopsis:

After the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill shut down the fishing industry in the Gulf causing Cera’s Step Daddy Cade to lose his job, Cera and her parents find themselves in dire straits when they learn that their local bank is planning to foreclose on their home. Now just when Murphy’s Law seems to be at its all time worst for Cera and her family, news comes that Cera’s grandmother, Lyanna Barrett, has passed. But soon, Cera and her family quickly find out her passing isn’t all bad news. In an inheritance letter that Cera’s mama (Janine) receives in the weeks that follow her mother’s death, she is informed that she is to receive all of her mother’s assets which are to include a house in New York, a new Cadillac, and a substantial amount of cold, hard cash.

Reluctant to leave Saraland and move back to New York, Cera’s mama is torn but sees no other option other than accepting the inheritance that her mother bequeathed to her and make a fresh start back in her place of birth, Mount Harrison.

After arriving in Mt. Harrison, a picturesque, little Western New York village nestled in a valley below the forest covered mountain from which it gets its name—Cera quickly comes to the understanding as to why her mama, at age eighteen, had elected to run away from her home and head for the Deep South.

Nearly all the village’s residence, acting under a curse put upon them by Abellona Abbott (a three hundred-year-old witch that still resides in the forest atop Mt. Harrison and takes the embodiment of her teenage former self) treats Cera and her mama with utter contempt for bringing the Barrett blood line back into the village and thereby angering Abellona Abbott even further because of a grudge the witch still carries against the Barrett family that stretches back to the time of her death.

As Cera and her family try their best to settle into their new home and community, Cera immediately finds out, even before her very first day at her new school, that she along with her mama are not going to be welcomed in their new village which quickly becomes evident to Cera by the lack of acceptance she receives from several of her new classmates and her neighbor’s disdainful attitudes towards her and her family.

If Cera hopes to survive her senior year of high school, then together with the help of another village outcast named Katelyn, she has to piece together her family’s history in Mt. Harrison in connection with Abellona Abbott, and quickly develop her newly found magic skills before it’s too late.

Book 1 of the Legacy Chronicles.“The world desperately needs an infusion of hope. Jacob Hope… This is another gem of an offering from Luke Romyn. Action-packed, intriguing, and sprinkled with much of the author’s trademark humor, Corpus Christi left me anxious to read the next installment. I loved it!” — Eric S

“Well past 3D, Romyn’s imagination can best be described as multi-dimensional.” —Claude Bouchard, internationally bestselling author of the Vigilante series.

Formerly titled Corpus Christi

Haunted by the toxic memories of a torturous foster-father, Jacob Hope yearns to make a difference in a world gone awry, trying to accomplish some small scrap of good in an ocean of wrong. Tumbling through life with no true direction, Jake unwittingly reveals a nightmare.

The gates of Hell have been unlocked, and something long imprisoned has broken loose from its shackles to roam free upon the Earth. It cannot be bargained with, it cannot be defeated, and it exists with only desolation in its heart….

Longing to confront such evil but not knowing how, Jake must embark upon a journey not only of destination, but of self-discovery. In his attempts to thwart a fallen angel, Jake must also come to grips with his own part in this almighty drama.

For above it all haunts the inheritance he alone must bear, a legacy which will save or doom all of mankind.

In Sheep’s Clothing

One man holds the reins of power.
One man vows to protect him.
One man vows to destroy him.

Caught in a game of chess he didn’t know he was playing until it was too late, the President makes the only move he can, plunging Washington and the nation into chaos. Stunned and reeling, Vice President David Kendall takes the oath of office and tries to heal a nation in mourning. But what the new president doesn’t realize is that things in the White House aren’t always what they appear to be, and sometimes what looks like the best option may turn out to be the worst. When one fatal decision triggers consequences he never envisioned, President Kendall finds himself caught up in the same game that cost his predecessor his life.

Although there was nothing he could have done, Secret Service Agent Matthew Richter is haunted by the death of the man he had vowed to protect. When his girlfriend dumps him and his boss tells him that his job is on the line, he thinks his life cannot get any worse. He soon realizes how wrong he is when he finds himself fighting to save another president from the deadly forces that he has unwittingly unleashed.

In Sheep’s Clothing by L.D. Beyer is a fast-paced, action-packed political thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat.

SILENT

With his acknowledged individual storytelling expertise, D. M. Mitchell pens yet another taut psychological thriller with a difference that twists and turns to its deliciously devious and unexpected conclusion. Discover for yourself why D. M. Mitchell is being hailed as one of the most exciting new writers of thriller and supernatural tales in the UK.

From reviews of Silent:

It rivals anything Stephen King has ever written.

I loved this book, it had a great story line, the ending was a shocker!!!!! I love mysteries, and this author is tops on my list!!!

This was one of those finger sliding books that had me guessing with each swipe I was amazed with the ending. Great work and I have already suggested this title to others for their reading pleasure.

I enjoy this type of book. I was surprised when the story caught my attention so quickly. The twist at the end was unexpected.

The voice/language did make me feel that i was in Hollywood in the 20’s.

I REALLY enjoy reading Mitchell’s novels, he’s a great writer and his stories and characters are among the best I’ve ever read.

Sometimes money and fame can be a terrible curse! Find out how in this twisted, thrilling book

Hollywood, 1927, at the height of silent-movie production.

Down-on-his-luck movie actor Rick Mason meets Betsy Bellamy, a young actress struggling to make it in Hollywood. She is accompanied by her older brother Davey, a sullen, insular man fiercely protective of his sister. But Betsy and Davey share a dark past which they’re hoping to escape by making a new life in California. A past that will have tragic, murderous consequences.

But for now Rick Mason’s life is about to change beyond his wildest imaginings. He lands a lucrative contract with Metropolitan Studios, who want to cast him as the lead in their new horror movie. And out of the blue a Hungarian lawyer lands the bombshell that Rick Mason isn’t who he thinks he is.

Mason discovers he’s inherited an estate and huge fortune from his late father Baron Jozsef Dragutin and has to travel to Slavonia in Europe to sort out legalities. Here he is told the disturbing truth about his murdered mother and feared father – a corrupt and vile sadist hiding his horribly deformed face behind a white porcelain mask. A man, legend has it, who sold his soul to the devil. A man and a family line cursed by Satan for all eternity.

Back in Hollywood, reviving his father’s evil character for Metropolitan Studios, Rick Mason finally gets the movie success he desires and the fame and fortune that go with it. But when elements of his on-screen monster persona begins to affect his real life, Mason begins to fear that the role he was ‘born to play’ is slowly taking over him. That the curse of Baron Dragutin lives on in him.

Rick Mason is drawn inexorably into a world of corrupt desires, superstition, corporate greed, unbridled ambition and murder, where the past refuses to die. It’s a world where monsters and horror don’t only appear on the big screen.

“This is classic Mitchell, full of larger-than-life characters, a dark tale full of twists and turns, edge-of-your-seat drama and an unexpected, shocking conclusion…”

Ashes

Anonymous. That was Jennifer’s life. But when she survived a domestic terrorist attack and her last-minute escape became the iconic image of the event, that life was over. Wanting only to disappear and become just another face in the crowd, she cashed in on her unwanted fame and moved to a small town, hidden away and safe.

Retired. That was Sean’s life. A former covert operative – the kind the government denies exists – he’d been pushed unwillingly into a life of suburban peace and quiet. But his retirement ended when he saw Jennifer’s rescue; from then on he only wanted to find those responsible for the attack, even if it meant turning rogue.

What Jennifer and Sean will both find is that nothing goes to plan, and their paths will cross in a way neither could have foreseen.

The Medici Letters: The Secret Origins of the Renaissance

The Renaissance—our most fundamental age of technological and artistic advance, was built upon a secret passed down to a banking family in Florence—the Medici.
500 years ago that secret was buried.

Florence, Italy, present day. A trove of letters belonging to the Medici family is discovered underground. Archaeologist Kat Cullen comes across a map that leads her to the Swiss Alps where her partner is murdered and she is left for dead. Kat’s husband, professor and classicist—Jack Cullen, rushes to investigate. He joins with Chester Allen, a scientist from surveillance enterprise TerraTEK Industries, and together they begin to unravel the mystery of the Medici letters in hopes of determining what happened in the Alps. As they dig deeper, Jack stumbles across a secret—the infamous Medici treasure is real. However, word gets out and Jack soon realizes he’s not the only one interested in finding it…a deadly and elusive assassin attempts to seize control, throwing Jack into a series of harrowing escapades—riding horseback through the streets of Siena, discovering clues inside ancient cathedrals, deciphering 500 year-old cryptosystems and navigating an underground labyrinth in order to solve a secret so powerful it could change the world forever.

This fast-paced adventure blends together a modern-day treasure hunt with historic accounts of Lorenzo de’Medici in Renaissance Florence in an international thriller with plenty of dark twists and exciting turns.

Broken City

A girl with no future
A man with no past
A little lost boy
And those who seek to find him….

….Welcome to Deeta’s world.

Deeta Richards has never seen the outside world. Before she was born a banking crisis brought civilization to an end and now no one leaves the safety of the compounds unless they need to. Yet Deeta still dreams of seeing more than the building she was born in.

Tom is in the guard, this group are the only people that the tribal elders allow to leave the compound and Tom knows only too well that Deeta could never survive the harshness that exists outside.

Then tragedy strikes and Deeta and her sister Jan find themselves captured by a hostile tribe.

Why does Tom know so much about these people?

And why do they know so much about him?

As this mystery draws to a climax, they discover that their friend Tom is not quite what he seems…

The Betrayed Series: The 1st Cycle Omnibus Collection

The Betrayed 1st cycle collection is here!
Not only do you get all released books in the Betrayed series including Ambush, 30 Pieces of Silver, Targeted, Havoc, Covert, Shiva, and exclusively Mayhem the post-Shiva short story.

Get it for youself or give it as a gift to the thriller lover in your life!

The Omnibus collection is the only place to find out how married life is treating Rebecca and Brandt!

Praise for the Betrayed Series…
“Suspend all reality for a time and read this can’t put down mystery adventure.Vince Brandt-Special Forces and Dr Rebecca Monroe a paleoarchaeoligist are dispatched with Brand’s crew to track down missing fragments of the stone tablets of the Ten Commandants.”
Ruth Ingram
Amazon Reviewer

“I love this series, HAVOC the second book in this series and it is better than the first. All the characters that we love from the first book return in the sequel. This book has everything that a good religious thriller should:
Ancient Biblical Mysteries and Prophecies:
Secret Religious Fanatic Groups that will go to any length to keep their secrets,
Scientist and archeologists
Special Forces and lots of fighting,
Danger and thrills in many different locations.”
Eclectic Bookworm

More praise for The Betrayed series…
“I usually skip short stories but I loved “30 Pieces of Silver” so much that I knew Ambush would be worth reading. I was right! It is a fantastic introduction to Brandt and his crew leading the reading straight into “30 Pieces of Silver”. I am so in love with Carolyn McCray’s writing. Move over Dan Brown, there is a new sheriff on town!”
B.Mjoen
Amazon Reviewer

For anyone who can’t get enough of James Rollins, Dan Brown, Steve Berry, and Brad Thor… The Missions is your next thrill fix!!!

**If you haven’t read the first book in the Betrayed series, look for 30 Pieces of Silver but be forewarned it is EXTREMELY controversial.

The Outer Circle

The Outer Circle is the last book in The Counterpoint trilogy. It brings together the characters of The Metronome and The Great Game to conclude their stories.

NOTE: a revised edition of the book has been published on August 16th. If you have the “old” version, you’ll be able to update the content through the “Manage Your Content and Devices” page on Amazon.com. I apologize for the inconvenience.

It’s 2024 and the world is divided, pitting the United States against the combined forces of China and Russia. In China, domestic unrest pushes the leadership to act against Taiwan. In Russia, under the surface a power struggle is brewing. Such is the backdrop of the U.S. presidential elections where the established parties face a challenge from unexpected political newcomers.

The two heroes of The Great Game, now fugitives, discover that not everything is what it seems and someone invisible is pulling the strings behind the scenes. But can they stop the events set into motion before the world slides into a war?

Crimson Hills

“This book is interesting and outrageously unique. I liked the blending of multiple genres present; dystopian, thriller, horror, even a bit of spirituality is brought in here. If you’re looking for the kind of story that makes you think then this is for you.” — Amazon Reader

Synopsis:

Several people with complicated lives make a journey to Crimson Hills – a mountainous country where the wisest monks live, They’re eager to ask the cloistered inhabitants important questions about their future fate.

Unfortunately, the Government has taken the territory of Crimson Hills under its control and is selling entrance tickets that only the richest can afford. Trespassing without a ticket is punishable by immediate shooting. Will the new arrivals survive and finish their paths? And what answers will they get?

The Chimera Strain

John Frist was a soldier, a hero, and the victim of an IED attack in Iraq before his discharge. He returned home and committed a terrible act of domestic terrorism. Transformed by the StrikeForce technology, he saved New York City from a dirty bomb and nearly died in the process. For him, the ensuing two years has been a bone-wearying series of battles to protect the United States.

Eric Wise has risen from Director of Project StrikeForce to Assistant Director of the Office of Threat Management. Tasked with preventing the end of the world, he protects John while directing the OTM against a vast sea of threats.

The Office of Threat Management still watches over the world and the StrikeForce technology gives John an amazing edge, but will it be enough to prevent a man bent on attacking the United States and reducing it to a third-world power?

Praise for Project StrikeForce:

“…I hit the ending, where Swaim smashes the reader in the face with a large brick. Once done, still shaking my head from impact, I decided that I’d enjoyed that.”-San Francisco Book Review

“…Project StrikeForce is an exciting read. It has action, adventure, intrigue, and violence–but in the guise of a truly well-constructed, well-written science fiction action adventure novel.”-Portland Book Review

The Tracker

Sam doesn’t have a business card. Nothing that says Samuel W. Callahan, Political Tracker, Esq. Instead, he gets paid to hide in crowds, following candidates on the campaign trail to record their every misstep, public and private. It’s something Sam’s oddly good at since he grew up on the streets. And it’s not like he has anyone waiting for him at home. After a life spent in and out of foster care, Sam isn’t very good at getting close to people, or letting people get close to him. He just needs enough money to finish up at Georgetown Law and find a decent job so he can finally stop running.

But when Sam witnesses something that could destroy a rising political star, he has no choice but to run. In the line of fire, Sam must outrun the memories of his past if he wants to have any hope of outrunning an assassin’s bullets.

“A gritty, compelling and altogether engrossing novel that reads as if ripped from the headlines. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. Chad Zunker is the real deal.”
— Christopher Reich, New York Times Bestselling Author of Numbered Account and Rules of Deception

“Good Will Hunting meets The Bourne Identity.” — Fred Burton, New York Times Bestselling Author of Under Fire

“Wow! Adrenaline junkies, take note: THE TRACKER is one of those pulse-pounding, page-turning, over-in-one-night thrillers you’d expect from the regular names on the New York Times bestseller lists.” — Owen Laukkanen, Bestselling Author of The Professionals

Against the Clock: An Action Thriller Series

Deadly. Damaged. Dangerous

“Shirin Reyes, a legendary rogue assassin, has come out of the cold with a vengeance”

In a world where the fate of many are dictated by the actions of a few, Shirin discovers a covert operation bent on taking control of the country’s intelligence network and gaining absolute power over the government.

“Shirin is unrelenting, unstoppable, and uncompromising.”

When the hunter becomes the hunted, Shirin finds herself torn between her all consuming vendetta and the consequences her actions have on those she cares about.

“Charlie Moore’s Against the Clock is a burning churning thrill ride through the world of espionage/thrillers. From the first chapter (which was a little too sexually stimulating for my personal taste) to the book’s end, the reader is constantly awakened to sensory impressions that are visceral to say the least and over-the-top, on occasion. This rollercoaster novel is wild, fun, scary, and thoroughly enjoyable, and at times, pushes the envelope of believability.

Moore’s prose, in what I assume to be his first novel, provides much to be admired; it is rich in detail and tightly focused. The heroine/protagonist Shirin Reyes is extremely likeable, a quick-change artist able to assume personas with small changes in clothes, hair, or stature and as she fells each villain we cheer her on because this is how we would like to handle the scum-buckets we suffer in politics in today’s crooked world. The body count, however, is a bit high, and Reyes’ talent stretches the bounds of believability but if you just want a fast ride in which the lecherous leaders of today’s free world get their due, then sit back and appreciate the adventures as they come hurling past you.

This thriller manages to create genuine suspense as a sort of psychological detective story. With characteristic grace and skill, Moore manages to turn this cat-and-mouse game into something suspenseful. I would highly recommend this compulsively readable debut to anyone who enjoys thrillers, well written storylines, fleshed out characters and a purposeful plot.” –
D. West (VINE VOICE)

Fatal Eclipse

It started with feelings of jealousy and like a mental virus it spread. Soon, Jonathan’s mind became attacked by thoughts and images he had no control over. Even though there was no basis in fact, Jonathan couldn’t help himself from an increasing paranoia that his wife was cheating on him. When he begins to test his wife’s loyalty he not only alienates her from his life but puts her in harm’s way. Struggling to come to terms with a buried trauma from his past, Jonathan has to solve the mystery of his own mind or risk losing his wife to the dangerous clutches of a madman.

Not only is this a novel about a troubled man whose obstinate obsessions spiral fatally out of control in spectacular, edge-of-your-seat suspense but Fatal Eclipse is also a fictional account of how deep-seated and forgotten childhood traumas can shape a life — for good, for bad, forever.

A Simple Cure: Melanoma, Our Worst Nightmare

From a top reviewer: A Simple Cure is an “Intense, Riveting, Medical Thriller.” The novel engages the reader in the search for the cure of malignant melanoma, a cancer that kills one American every hour.

If you think for one moment that A Simple Cure by Lawrence W. Gold is going to be another run of the mill medical mystery/thriller straight from the same test tube as all the rest, you would be so wrong! First, I highly suggest you read what the author has to say in the beginning of the book, it’s fascinating and educational, because once you get to the first page of this fast-paced novel, you will be in for the ride of your life!

When nature, in her ultimate act of irony, strikes Richard Powell, a cancer specialist, with malignant melanoma, his wife, Terri devotes her life to curing the dreaded disease.
While publically supported research laboratories are characterized as noble in search of cures, and proprietary drug companies are caricatured as ruthless and materialistic, too often, the distinctions aren’t so clear.

When a drug courier is murdered to obtain an experimental and promising treatment for malignant melanoma, the act unleashes a chain of devastating consequences.
People for Alternative Treatment (PAT), a company created to find cures for rare diseases, had fallen on hard times and became a subsidiary of Kendall Pharmaceuticals, a company with very different set of values.

Experimentation with a vaccine against tuberculosis is showing surprising effects in controlling malignant melanoma at PAT and UC Medical Center. Kendall is enthralled with the economic potential of such a treatment in melanoma and in many other cancers whileresearchers are leery and have many unanswered questions.

Kendall’s determination to push the vaccine into clinical trial at all costs is in conflict with Terri and her ethical associates.

When clinical trials begin, the vaccine’s effects are miraculous. Soon, however, once again, we see the rule of unintended consequences.

Revenge

A cryptic, mind-boggling mystery awaits readers as this saga unfolds a bitter sweet expression of Revenge. The best description of the story is its believable—characters, actions, and locations. The story starts fast and quickly explodes into multiple stories as the kidnapper maintains his captives, the FBI conducts their task force investigations, and the lives of the husbands and wives are exposed. As the stories progress, action escalates and leaves the reader little time to catch a breathe. The twists are stimulating and the conclusion is unforeseen and rewarding because revenge has no statute of limitations.

The affluent estate community of Evergreen, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, is stunned to discover four women have been kidnapped. The Evergreen Police chief and the Sheriff of Boulder County willingly gave the case to the Denver FBI office. Three months passes with no ransom requests, no bodies, nor any specific suspect, the FBI team theorizes the women are no longer alive based on history of other cases.

The four women are friends and neighbors: one in her early forties and a mother of two preteen girls; one married to a doctor and a successful business woman; one a princess, unhappily married, and a social butterfly, the fourth woman is the matriarch, a closet alcoholic, married to a successful attorney who plans to be the next US Senator for Colorado. Months into their abduction with no beauty salons, nail salons, withdrawal from children, and alcohol, the women’s true personalities begin to blossom.

The twenty-eight-year-old kidnapper questions who will be changed the most, him or his captives. He has promised to release them in seven months, allowing them to return to their lives with new perspectives and tell the FBI what happened. But will he keep his word? Moreover, what could be the driving reason behind the women’s kidnapping?

Bones in the Wash

Winner, Best Book 2015, Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA)

Albuquerque Mayor Tomas Zamara understands that politics is like playing football on a muddy field. If you don’t get dirty, you’re not giving your all. But dirty politics is not his style.

The Democrats’ Barack Obama is drawing adoring crowds with his uplifting speeches, and Zamara’s GOP bosses are pressuring him to do “whatever it takes” to win. Challenging him every step of the way is fierce, young Sierra León of the Democracy Project, who calls on him to listen to his better self and reject his party’s unsavory practices.

But if only his life were as simple as politics. Mayor Zamara is also grappling with being a suspect in his wife’s murder; fending off his father, who wants to rescue his failing business with city money; and satisfying his demanding new woman, the radiant and volatile Tory Singer, who may not be who she says she is.

The Crypt

While Sarah Roberts searches for a weapon on the streets of Budapest, a strange man in a fedora follows her, but before she can find out who he is, she’s arrested for a minor altercation. After her release from the Hungarian jail, she’s ordered out of the country.

The man in the fedora shows up at her Budapest hotel before she’s to leave for the airport. He’s from a psychic research organization and she is to come with him back to the States. When she refuses, she is informed that she does not have a choice. She is now property of the United States government.

Sarah then receives a message that it all ends in “The Crypt” in nine days. An apology accompanies the note.
While Sarah remains in Hungary and struggles to locate her target, she has to keep the Hungarian government off her back as well as the fedora-wearing American who has a ten-man team hunting her.
The only way to escape their reach is to fake her own death. Convinced it’s her only option, Sarah concocts a plan that will deal with her target and have herself killed in the process.

SILVER GIRL

A beautiful young TV star, Jody Merrill, dies mysteriously and police are stumped. They are even more at a loss when the grisly remains of yet another actress, Jody’s co-star, are found.

Detectives request the help of doctors Jill Raney and David Levine, police friends and detectives on their own. For Jill and David this is personal; they are heartbroken since both murdered young women were their friends. Furiously they resolve to find the killer: to skirt the law as they always do in cases of sex crimes, child abuse and murder; helping where cops’ hands are tied (“No warrant? No problem!”), or in ways that police forensics never imagined.

The killer, capable of unspeakable savagery, must commit more murders in order to hide…possibly behind the glitzy cover of Show Biz Hell. As Jody Merrill called it, “That gorgeous, sparkly bubble that closes you in, bloats your ego in some weird, alternate universe where you lose all bearings, lose yourself. Fame is unhealthy.”

A Human Element

***Somewhere in this book is a hidden “Easter Egg,” a link to 3 FREE Qwickie novellas by 3 bestselling authors. This is a time limited offer, so happy reading and hunting!

Evil comes in many forms…

One by one, Laura Armstrong’s friends and adoptive family members are being murdered, and despite her unique healing powers, she can do nothing to stop it. The savage killer haunts her dreams, tormenting her with the promise that she is next.

Determined to find the killer, she follows her visions to the site of a crashed meteorite in her hometown. There, she meets Ben Fieldstone, who seeks answers about his parents’ death the night the meteorite struck. In a race to stop a madman, they unravel a frightening secret that binds them together.

But the killer’s desire to destroy Laura face-to-face leads to a showdown that puts Laura and Ben’s emotional relationship and Laura’s pure spirit to the test. With the killer closing in, Laura discovers her destiny is linked to his, and she has two choices—redeem him or kill him.

Editorial Reviews:

“A Human Element is an elegant and haunting first novel. Unrelenting, devious but full of heart. Highly recommended.” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Code Zero

“Be afraid. Be very afraid. And be utterly absorbed by this riveting debut that had me reading till the wee hours of the night. A thriller star is born. Don’t miss A Human Element.” —M.J. Rose, international bestselling author of The Collector of Dying Breaths

“Donna Galanti has created a thriller with a huge, aching heart. Her main characters, Ben and Laura are conjured in delicious detail, as are their personal trials. Galanti’s rich and provocative thriller asks big questions. What makes us human, what makes us monstrous? Is there a love that can transcend the physical and emotional, to the supernatural? Galanti has given us an impressive debut. With her blending of romance, the coming of age quest, and the supernatural, she is a writer to watch, who will surely expand the diameters of the thriller genre.” —Catherine Stine, author of Fireseed One

“Such a beautiful, yet haunting debut novel by Donna Galanti. A Human Element will crawl around in your cranium many days after you have finished the last page of the book.” —Michael McCarty, author of Lost Girl of the Lake

“Moving and fun. Galanti does NOT disappoint.” —Eric S. Brown, author of the Bigfoot War series

“A thrilling ride full of believable characters, a terrifying villain, an epic battle for survival, and a love worth killing for. The last third of the novel is a race to the finish, and I was glued to the pages, hoping the characters I’d grown to love would finally find the peace they deserved. A page-turner filled with fascinating twists and turns!” —Marie Lamba, author of Drawn

“A Human Element is a haunting look at what it means to be human. It’s a suspenseful ride through life and love…and death, with a killer so evil you can’t help but be afraid. An excellent read.” —Janice Gable Bashman, author of Predator

“Chilling suspense. A dark and haunting novel. Enjoy the ride.” —Kindle Book Review

“A fast-paced paranormal suspense thriller that will keep you engrossed as you turn the pages. The characters are realistic, their complex individual personalities and stories add a powerful and compelling depth to the story. It is a story that will have the reader pondering about supernatural powers and the evil forces of humanity, this suspenseful tale will stay with you long after you have read the last word.” —Jersey Girl Book Reviews

Always

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For ten years, a deranged serial rapist dubbed the Cupcake Killer has been prowling the streets of small-town Texas.

Rane’s first victim, Maggie Stewart, has been on the road of self-destruction for the past decade. But that changes when she meets Cameron Wolfe.

She stops trying to forget the past and starts fearing the future.

Because not only has Cam vowed vengeance for Maggie—despite her objections—he’s got two brothers with their own reasons for wanting Rane dead; Jags an eccentrically gifted psychic empath and Ajay, a womanizing veteran.

Unbeknownst to Cam and Maggie, the intersection of their pasts gravely shadows their chance at a future.

The Child Taker & Slow Burn

By Conrad Jones

2 top ten ‘unputdownable’ thrillers in one special edition download.

How far would you go to get your children back……?

A stand alone novel based on high profile child abductions, which have been followed by millions of concerned parents on the news. 5 year old twins are abducted from a tent in the Lake District and the hunt for a dangerous paedophile ring begins. Police procedure follows the premise that 60% of abducted children are murdered within the first four hours of being taken. The first hour is called “The golden hour” and the longer a child is missing, the less chance there is of them being recovered unharmed. The Child Taker follows the desperate search for the missing twins. Packed with action and twists, this is one of the best thriller novels around. Guardian Reviews
SLOW BURN

The second Detective Alec Ramsay novel. A young girl is bullied and abused at school. Her brother is habitually beaten by the same gang for nothing more than being overweight and a different religion. Later in life when their paths cross again, a terrible revenge ensues.

‘Tank’ is like Jack Reacher on steroids! Guardian Reviews. Crime thriller writing that will have you chewing your fingers as you read! ; Review

Stones: Data

#1 Amazon Thriller! A New Take on Good versus Evil!

A novel that will blow your mind and open your eyes!

For thousands of years, the Stones have been hidden among us, giving a privileged few power to rule over masses, destroy empires and create new ones.

It’s near the end of the 21st century. When Matt Newmark was ten years old, his mother was killed in a vicious corporate assassination. For the last twelve years, he’s been living off grid under the over-protective care of his father, running from dark forces, trying to stay alive. Now Matt finally has a chance to break away and start a new life. On the eve of a trip to Japan, he finds a dark rock in the shape of a claw. Life is never the same again. With the help of a Shinto priest, Matt discovers it’s a Stone, a piece of ancient alien technology that gives him a sweeping view of history and control over time, matter and energy.

But Matt is not alone.

Mikal Ryzaard has a Stone of his own and a burning vision to eliminate suffering from the earth and bring back Paradise. With all the resources of a massive multinational corporation behind him, he tracks down Matt and makes him an offer.

Join me or die.

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Rising Tides

By Susan Kiernan-Lewis

The tides are definitely rising in Book 5 of the Irish End Games. This is the story of two desperate journeys to find lost loved ones culminating in a shocking discovery—one with the power to destroy all of Europe. Mike and Sarah, searching for both John and Gavin in every bungalow and hillock in Ireland in the midst of a mysterious world plague, instead find the stuff of every parent’s nightmares.

I’ve had the pleasure of reading all of the first five books in Susan Kiernan Lewis’ THE IRISH END GAME SERIES. And this latest installment, RISING TIDES, just may be the best yet.

In the previous book the author (I thought) came perilously close to sliding off into fantasy land – and ruining the integrity of the series. But, once again, she rallied to prove me wrong. And the effort put forth here is astounding.

The American Woodson family, reduced to Sarah (the mother) and John (her son) have now been taken in by Mike Donovan’s family by virtue of Sarah’s marriage to Mike. And Sarah & a John, as well as Mike and son Gavin couldn’t be more pleased. But that’s not to say that there life has become a bed of roses. Dangers and betrayal lurk around every morning sun – and they abound in this volume as, in the midst of a crisis both John and Gavin go missing. And months & months of searching commence, leading to unbelievable intrigue filled with lies, betrayal, and misunderstandings. And by some of those you’d least likely suspect, no less.

Meanwhile, both John & Gavin are busy with adventures of their own. Both quite different. But just as dangerous.

To say that the peace and solitude of what once was ‘Donovan’s Lot’ has been shattered is an understatement. But far more serious concerns are afoot too. And John & Gavin are both waist deep in it. With Mike & Sarah only marginally behind.

A true mystery and adventure for everyone involved. And things may never again be he same for the Donovan’s.

Wounded Animals

While nursing some drinks after a terrible day at work, Candle spits out his rum and coke when a stranger across the bar turns water into wine. But did he? Or was it just an alcohol-induced trick of the light?

This stranger has a warning for Candle: skip your planned business trip tomorrow. If you go, I won’t be able to protect you any longer.

With a clear head the next morning, Candle resumes his normal life, working for a company that’s about to lay him off. That barroom huckster couldn’t have been magical, or prophetic. He was just some washed-up weirdo with a few tricks.

But when Candle comes back from his trip to find his pregnant wife missing and a dead man’s blood seeping into his bathroom floor, the washed-up weirdo’s counsel doesn’t seem so foreign now.

Cops, friends, family… Candle doesn’t trust anyone. As he searches for his wife, people around him keep turning up murdered. If he can’t find her and uncover the mystery driving the chaos, the stranger’s words might come true, after all.

This novella (the first in the Whistleblower Trilogy) combines the action-packed chase thriller style with an amateur sleuth mystery, all told through protagonist Tucker Candle’s unique and funny voice.

Dead Line

By Jack Patterson

When veteran pro quarterback Noah Larson finally guides his team to the Super Bowl, his dreams — and life — are dashed when his six-year-old son is kidnapped for a unique ransom: lose the game or his son dies. Seattle sportswriter Cal Murphy and photographer Kelly Mendoza get pulled into an FBI sting to help rescue Noah’s son in Mexico. But when everything falls apart, Cal and Kelly are left to save themselves, save Noah’s son, and save the Super Bowl.

Once again I feel very blessed to have read Cross the Line by Jack Patterson. No, it wasn’t a religious book by any means, but it dealt with issues of right and wrong and when to get involved in someone else’s story and when to walk away. Cal Murphy, a sportswriter, accidentally unearths information that Noah Larson’s son has been kidnapped in order to force Noah to throw the Seahawk vs Dolphin Super Bowl Game. When approached to confirm rumors about a fix being in, he admits what he has learned to his FBI friend. Whether the guilt of having shared the information with the FBI against Noah Larson’s pleas for silence, or whether to assist in Jake’s rescue was just the right thing to do, Cal Murphy and photographer friend Kelly Mendoza, risk everything to help save Noah’s six year old son.

The writing seemed to flow gracefully and made the book an easy read. I read it in one sitting and I enjoyed it. The suspense built constantly and it became a book I couldn’t put down. I wanted to continue until we knew who the top dog was behind this ruthless kidnapping! The characters were strong and believable and I felt their fears and pains down to my toes. I felt their relief and their shock as what seemed to be over, wasn’t.

Bone Dry

By Betty Golden Lamb and J.J. Lamb

A NEW FEMALE SLEUTH YOU’LL LOVE—JUST DON’T MESS WITH HER!
“… a medical thriller not for the squeamish.” -Publishers Weekly
Meet Detective Nurse Gina Mazzio: She’s feisty, determined, tenacious, and all ballsy Italian ex-Bronxite. She might remind you a bit of Sandra Bullock when Sandra’s in FBI mode. Detective’s not her real title, RN is, though it might as well be Guardian Angel. Because you know how scary nurses can be; and how compassionate. Gina’s gone into investigative mode because her patients are in danger. And everyone at her fancy San Francisco hospital’s blowing it off like everything’s normal.

Carl Chapman, a young man with an excellent prognosis, has already died–and Gina knows he shouldn’t have. Another patient’s acting weird and desperate; a third, a teen-ager, has actually run away. Gina soon learns Carl’s cancer treatment’s gone missing, in fact finds out her patients are being subjected to a form of blackmail so diabolical Hanibal Lecter could have dreamed it up.

And murdered if they don’t pay up.

They’re blasted with chemotherapy and every other toxic poison available to save their lives. Most days they’re so run down they’re more dead than alive. But there’s one chance for survival—an experimental treatment. In turn, each will be infused with his or her own treated bone marrow – frozen, secure in the hospital’s storage vaults.

Only maybe not so secure. Because then comes the note: “We have your marrow…pay $50,000 or die now!”

Before it’s over, Gina will be stalked, threatened, and nearly killed. This is an action-packed but shocking, take-no-prisoners tale of medical suspense, definitely not for the faint-hearted. But fans of the more hard-boiled medical thrillers (and also of Patricia Cornwell) will eat it up! As well as lovers of, strong women sleuths, hospital mysteries, and all medical fiction, especially fans of Tess Gerritsen, Carolyn McCray, Eileen Dreyer, Lisa Genova, and Robin Cook.

Struggling to survive on the streets of Paris, Genevieve agrees to a dangerous masquerade: She switches places with a King’s Girl, a young noblewoman about to be shipped to the colonies. It’s a risky venture with a high price—once overseas, Genny must marry a stranger….

Obsession, lust and revenge… Part murder mystery, part crime investigation, this unique noir killer thriller is a real page turner.

‘I always felt like I was reading with my hands over my eyes, sort of peeking through my fingers, cringing at what I knew what was coming next…’

‘If you like your books gritty, dark with complex characters and a plot that takes you with it to the grand finale then you will enjoy this…’

‘Hooked me right from the start, a build up in tension as the book rolls along and some twists that will put a big smile on your face…’

‘Not for the lily livered…’

All quotes are from Amazon reviews.

A devious serial killer, brutalized by years in prison is up for parole and, one way or another, he wants out.

Criminal profiler Doc Powers is assisted by Detective Inspector Jack Carver of London’s Metropolitan Police as he tries to unravel the truth about this violent psychopath while battling demons of his own.

First in the series introducing Doc Powers, Forensic Psychologist, partnering DI Carver. Their second investigation is well underway and will be ready to read in 2016, with the third and final installment of their adventures together expected during 2017.

White Jade

By Alex Lukeman

WHITE JADE spins a web of deceit and murder across the globe against the backdrop of a deadly international power game. Nick Carter works for the PROJECT, a covert intelligence unit reporting to the President. Selena Connor is a world famous expert in ancient languages. When her wealthy uncle is murdered by someone looking for a 2000 year old book about the elixir of immortality, she’s thrown into Nick’s dangerous world. Someone is determined to take over China and attack America–and Nick and Selena are right in the line of fire.

It’s the beginning of a life and death adventure that leads to the discovery of an ancient secret hidden in the high mountains of Tibet. International intrigue, terrorist acts and the threat of nuclear war form the core of this fast-paced thriller, the first volume in a series featuring Nick, Selena and the PROJECT.

Forged in Grace

By Jordan E. Rosenfeld

Fire almost killed her years before. Will rekindling a dangerous friendship finish the job? At age 15, a horrific fire left Grace Jensen scarred and highly sensitive to the pain of anyone she touches. Thirteen years later, living with her hoarder mother and half-in-love with her former doctor, her long-absent best friend, Marly Kennet, returns to town and convinces Grace to make a leap-of-faith trip to Las Vegas. There, Grace discovers she not only feels others’ pain, she can heal it. This healing gift soon turns darker when the truth of Marly’s past and the fire that scarred Grace is revealed, pushing the boundaries of loyalty and exposing both women to danger. With the intensity of a thriller, and a touch of magic realism, Forged in Grace leads to a dramatic climax in which she must choose between healing and revenge.

“Forged in Grace is a beautiful, raw and affecting book.” –Erika Mailman, author
of The Witch’sTrinity.

Cold Lake

By Jeff Carson

The truth emerges one piece at a time.

When a fisherman reels in a plastic bag containing a severed human head from the depths of Cold Lake, Colorado, Sheriff David Wolf and his deputies scramble to the scene, and quickly realize there are more surprises to be found below.

Their grim discoveries reopen a cold case Wolf’s father worked twenty-two years ago, and Wolf must try to succeed where his father failed before him. Wolf has the advantage on his dad, however, because he has bodies. Lots of them.

Amid sweeping political changes that have his department and the entire county on edge, Wolf and his deputies come to the disturbing realization there is a dangerous serial killer in their midst—one who will stop at nothing to remain hidden.

Can Wolf and his deputies unveil the truth before someone pays the ultimate price?

This fifth installment of the David Wolf series is chock-full of suspense, mystery, and action that will keep you glued to the pages through the final sentence.

Tell Me When I’m Dead

Thanks to his wife, Holly, recovering alcoholic Dave Pulaski is getting his life back. Then a contagion decimates the town, turning its victims into shrieking flesh-eaters. Now Dave and Holly must find a way to survive. But Dave is this close to drinking again. A woman he cheated with—and no longer human—is after him. The hordes of undead are growing and security forces are outnumbered. Hell has arrived in Tres Marias.

Tell Me When I’m Dead (Book One of TELL ME WHEN I’M DEAD) is about an antihero haunted by all the mistakes of his life. Facing a terrifying future, Dave must decide whether to die drunk or fight for those he cares about most. And strength alone won’t be enough—he’ll need Faith. If you like your thrillers dark and fast-paced, then follow Dave and Holly as they fight against looters, paramilitary crazies and the undead.

Primal Fear

By William Diehl

Hotshot attorney Martin Vail must defend a young man accused of brutally murdering Archbishop Rushman, known as the “Saint of Lakeview Drive.” This case looks impossible until his psychologist makes a discovery.

“Spine-tingling…Mr. Diehl can sustain suspense.”
–THE NEW YORK TIMES

Martin Vail, the brilliant “bad-boy” lawyer every prosecutor and politician loves to hate, is defending Aaron Stampler, a man found holding a bloody butcher’s knife near a murdered archbishop. Vail is certain to lose, but Vail uses his unorthodox ways to good advantage when choosing his legal team–a tight group of men and women who must uncover the extraordinary truth behind the archbishop’s slaughter. They do, in a heart-stopping climax unparalleled for the surprise it springs on the reader.

Clever twists and a bona fide surprise ending make this an above-average courtroom thriller, tapping into the post-O.J. scrutiny of our legal system in the case of a hotshot Chicago defense attorney (Richard Gere) whose latest client is an altar boy (Edward Norton) accused of murdering a Catholic archbishop. The film uses its own manipulation to tell a story about manipulation, and when we finally discover who’s been pulling the strings, the payoff is both convincing and pertinent to the ongoing debate over what constitutes truth in the American system of justice. Making an impressive screen debut that has since led to a stellar career, Norton gives a performance that rides on a razor’s edge of schizophrenic pathology–his role is an actor’s showcase, and without crossing over the line of credibility, Norton milks it for all it’s worth. Gere is equally effective in a role that capitalizes on his shifty screen persona, and Laura Linney and Frances McDormand give memorable performances in their intelligently written supporting roles.
–Jeff Shannon

The Cypress Trap

By J.C. Gatlin

Take this suspense novel on your next vacation !

What if your spouse was not who you thought he was and you got caught up in murder mystery you had no control over? This best-seller suspense thriller draws you in to not only Rayanne and Owen’s failing marriage, but also their nightmarish last ditch getaway on a Georgia lake. It is a heart-thumping story of betrayal, brokenness, and horror where the protagonists do all they can to stay alive.

Check out this stand-alone story in a murder mystery series that will make you think twice about going on a camping trip.

This is a well-crafted thriller that draws you in early and resolves itself well. It falls mainly into the genre of “pursued young couple” who are being persecuted by a group of people. The antagonists claim that they want something returned, but are cryptic about what the item is. This kind of reminded me of the “is it safe” repeated query from Marathon Man.

The opening chapter is a very good little exercise in building tension, and it sets up the events of the story well. For those of you who are anti-prologue, this book is an example of how one can be used effectively. Honestly, I don’t understand the smug, self-satisfied way pseudo-literates will denounce prologues. To do so is fashionable these days, and everybody is piling on that bandwagon because they mistakenly think it makes them appear smarter than they are.

As the story progresses, there is the introduction of a very small mystical element, sort of like in Unrelenting: A Northwoods Myth. This was just the right amount of the supernatural, and it’s ambiguous enough that it can be read as a mere coincidence. The mystical element adds spice and a bit of wonderment to the story, but the balance has to be correct. Too much and the story becomes absurd; too little and the reveal lacks punch. I thought the balance was struck very effectively here.

The writing was solid, although I’ve grown to despise any usage of the word “it” (I don’t like Hemingway’s “and” either for some perspective on my preferences). “It” isn’t used too much, but I did notice it a couple of times–however not enough to pull me out of the story. Nice effort!

Dead Man’s Hand

By Luke MurphyWhat happens when the deck is stacked against you…

From NFL rising-star prospect to wanted fugitive, Calvin Watters is a sadistic African-American Las Vegas debt-collector framed by a murderer who, like the Vegas Police, finds him to be the perfect fall-guy.

…and the cards don’t fall your way?

When the brutal slaying of a prominent casino owner is followed by the murder of a well-known bookie, Detective Dale Dayton is thrown into the middle of a highly political case and leads the largest homicide investigation in Vegas in the last twelve years.

What if you’re dealt a Dead Man’s Hand?

Against his superiors and better judgment, Dayton is willing to give Calvin one last chance. To redeem himself, Calvin must prove his innocence by finding the real killer, while avoiding the LVMPD, as well as protect the woman he loves from a professional assassin hired to silence them.

Editorial Reviews:

“Luke Murphy’s Dead Man’s Hand is a pleasure, a debut novel that doesn’t read like one, but still presents original characters and a fresh new voice.” —Thomas Perry, New York Times bestselling author of Poison Flower

“It’s always a pleasure to welcome a new voice to the ranks of mystery-thriller authors. So welcome Luke Murphy, who delivers plenty of both in his debut novel, Dead Man’s Hand. Give it an evening and you may want to give it the whole night, just to see how it turns out.” —William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Back Bay and The Lincoln Letter

“Luke Murphy writes in a clean, mean style, as compelling as a switchblade to your throat. Murphy’s the real deal.” —Rick Mofina, award-winning author of They Disappeared

“Dead Man’s Hand is a pedal-to-the-metal thriller. Luke Murphy pours a load of talent into his first novel, and it takes off on the first page. Vivid characters and wire-taut plotting make Murphy’s novel a five star read. Don’t begin Dead Man’s Hand if you need to do anything else today.” —James Thayer, author of White Star

“What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas? Be glad. Be very glad. Luke Murphy puts on display the seedy underbelly of Sin City, where deceit, treachery, vengeance and the double cross are practiced like an art form. For a tight taut thriller, bet on a Dead Man’s Hand.” —Anthony Bidulka, award-winning author of the Russell Quant Mysteries

“Calvin Watters is an anti-hero you will cheer in this solid debut that poses twisted questions about crime and punishment.” —Julie Kramer, award-winning author of Shunning Sarah

“Dead Man’s Hand gripped me with terror from the first sentence. Tense! Thrilling! Terrifying! Luke Murphy is a great mood-builder on the order of Dean Koontz!” —Betty Dravis, award-winning author of Six-Pack of Blood

Fallen Mangrove

By Wayne Stinnett

A Spanish treasure ship is driven by a hurricane onto the rocky shoreline of Elbow Cay in September of 1566. Few of the crew survive, but they manage to salvage most of the treasure and bury it on the island, leaving a clue to its location locked in a chest and placed in the bough of a young mangrove tree..

Four-hundred and forty years later, Jesse McDermitt and his friends solve the riddle that was hidden inside a chest found encased in an ancient mangrove tree and go in search of the treasure.

When the Miami based Croatian mob learns about the treasure they go to great lengths and expense, in an attempt to relieve Jesse and his friends of the riches.

A demented, hyper sexed island woman also wants it for her own, as does a Miami attorney who is married to Jesse’s estranged daughter.

As the body count grows, will the crew of Gaspar’s Revenge find the treasure or become one of the island’s statistics?

The Metronome

By D.R. Bell

Pavel Rostin has taken too many chances. Once a promising physicist, he abandoned science for finance and risked everything on a speculative venture. Careless and rogue, he gambled with his personal relationships. As Pavel tries to pick up the pieces of his life, a call from Russia informs him that his father is dead.

When Pavel follows his father’s footsteps trying to solve the mystery of his death, he turns up some inexplicable clues. The investigation draws him deeper and deeper into his family’s past – and his country’s future. From starving 1941 Leningrad to free-wheeling Moscow of the mid-1990s to bubbly 2006 Wall Street, Pavel uncovers a web of money, murder, revenge and evidence of a plot involving the world’s superpowers. The choices of right and wrong don’t look as clear cut as in newspaper headlines. But is he just a pawn in someone else’s game?

The Metronome is the first book in The Counterpoint trilogy and a prequel to the earlier published The Great Game. The last book in the trilogy, The Outer Circle, will be published in April of 2015. The Great Game and The Metronome are largely independent, with only a minor overlap amongst the characters. The Outer Circle brings the heroes of the two earlier books together to conclude their journey.

Dance with the Enemy

By Rob Sinclair

Dance with the Enemy is the explosive first chapter in the highly-acclaimed Enemy series of espionage thrillers featuring Carl Logan.Praise for Rob Sinclair and Dance with the Enemy:”an excellent and action packed story that is hard to put down” -Andrea Giannini (Redbrick)”twists and turns that kept me begging for more…jam-packed with detailed action and adventure”- Monica McDaniel (ebookreviewgal)”Sinclair is a genius story teller”- Catherine Rose Putsche (Walkerputsche book blog)”A strong, dramatic and enjoyable debut novel.”- Cathy Ryan (Between the Lines blog)”fast paced action thriller that will have you hooked from the first page…Sinclair really knows how to write”- John Fish (The Last Word Book Review)”Carl Logan may be a battled hardened agent, but Rob Sinclair has managed to find his soul”- Treebeard (bestsellingcrimethrillers.com)

Description

Carl Logan was the perfect agent. A loner. No real friends or family.Trained to deal with any situation with cold efficiency, devoid of emotion.But Logan isn’t the man he used to be, or the asset he once was. Five months ago his life changed forever when he was captured, tortured and left for dead by Youssef Selim, one of the world’s most violent terrorists.When Selim mysteriously reappears in Paris, linked to the kidnapping of America’s Attorney General, Logan smells his chance for revenge.Pursuing his man relentlessly, oblivious to the growing trail of destruction that he leaves in his wake, Logan delves increasingly deep into the web of lies and deceit surrounding the kidnapping.Finally, he comes to learn just what it means to Dance with the Enemy.

The Thin Wall

By R. Cyril West

A character-driven portrayal of the 1968 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, brought to life through the conflict between an intriguingly cultured, yet conniving KGB colonel and the people of a small village who courageously (and sometimes timidly) try to resist oppression.

Midnight, August 20, 1968: the sirens of Prague are sounding. Without warning, Russian tanks have crossed the frontier and are pouring into the city. The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia has begun. Arriving with the troops is Colonel Grigori Dal, a seasoned KGB officer and coldblooded killer. While the country slips into chaos, Dal uses the fighting as cover to apprehend an American prisoner-of-war from a military prison in Prague. Within days, only a cursed woman and a troubled war hero will stand between him and protecting the Cold War’s darkest secret: proof U.S. servicemen were secretly transferred to the Soviet Union.

Seven Ways to Die

From the Nez Perce Indian reservation in Idaho to New York’s Central Park is a straight line right through Bill Diehl’s last and most intriguing lead character, Micah Cody.

There are seven basic ways to die. In 1969 Dr. John C. Cavanaugh catalogued them all in his Primer of Forensic Pathology-Cast Studies for the Novice M.E.

Micah Cody is a 30-something NYPD captain of homicide, who’s founded a special unit known as TAZ with city-wide license to take over any investigation at all, with special focus on serial killers. Now its ultimate challenge is on the loose in Manhattan, with three victims already whose causes of death seem like intentional defiance of TAZ’s existence—and four to go in four deadly days leading up to Halloween. Chronicling it all with great amusement is the Capote-like award-winning crime writer Ward Hamilton who, egged on by his sexually voracious socialite bedmate, is determined to bring TAZ to its knees journalistically.

Captain Micah Cody’s Nez Perce name is “Youngest Wolf” from his ability to communicate with the animals and read nature’s signs. As all hell is breaking loose in Manhattan, the wolves in Central Park howl, the peregrine falcons shriek their warnings—and Micah is listening.

Seven Ways to Die is a non-stop, sexy read with Diehl doing to the end what he did best throughout his bestselling career.

Grand Prize Winner of the 2012 Beach Book Festival, which honors the summer’s hottest reads!

“SEVEN WAYS TO DIE is tense, gripping and impossible to put down, featuring a truly compelling homicide detective. I was intrigued from the first page!”–Carla Neggers, author of A Rare Chance, Stonebrook Village, The Widow, On Fire

In the Forest of Light and Dark

By Mark Kasniak

With one look at her you would think that Cera Singer from Saraland, Alabama is your typical teenage girl from a rural Southern Gulf town. That is, she faces all the problems you would expect a seventeen-year-old would face; boys, drugs, fitting in, her upcoming senior year, and on top of that getting her first car on the road. But what Cera doesn’t know yet is what will ultimately set Cera apart from all the other girls her age. Cera is a witch.

In this supernatural thriller, you’ll be taken along as Cera recounts her experiences in her memoir of how she discovered that the women in her mama’s family lineage were actually a long line of witches responsible for the protection of her new home and community. As Cera writes she will explain to you how her honest curiosity along with her rebellious, down-to-earth nature quickly got her into more than she could handle, mentally and physically, as she uncovers the many deep and well-hidden layers in her relationships with her mother and grandmother.

We all know that there are a ton of books starring teenagers and witchcraft out there so, when I started reading ‘In the Forest of Light and Dark’ I was a bit skeptical. I mean, if the book didn’t give me anything new then really it didn’t deserve me wasting my time on a 500+ page story. However, all of my inhibitions flew out the window as I got to know more about Cera Singer and her family history. The first thing you’re going to notice about this book is the language. Mark Kasniak does an amazing job giving Cera a personality that actually feels real. She talks like your typical teenage girl from a rural Southern Gulf town, and it makes the whole story enjoyable.

The plot itself is entertaining as well. The author spends the opening chapters telling us about the environment Cera has lived in and what she feels when she has to move to a new location once her maternal grandmother dies and leaves her fortune behind for her daughter. Mt. Harrison is not your typical little village, one which you can expect from books of such genera. The residents aren’t happy with Cera and her mother coming back, and the horror starts once we get to know about an old witch (who wouldn’t let go of a grudge) named Abellona Abbott. Cera find a friend in Katelyn and together she tries to piece together her family history and it’s connection to the old witch and Mt. Harrison.

In the Forest of Light and Dark is an enjoyable and fast-paced read (regardless of the page count) and reading the author’s note at the end you can be sure it’s not the last readers have seen of Cera. Go read it and follow a teenage witch coming into her powers.

Caribbean Moon

Rick Murcer is a New York Times and USA Today best selling author having sold over 850,000 books.

Written in the tradition of James Patterson, JA Konrath, and Michael Connelly, this first book in the series will have you wanting more.

Small-town detective/workaholic, Manny Williams, is thrilled with the prospect of finally taking the long-awaited vacation he had promised his wife, Louise.

The couple’s exotic getaway begins in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico, by attending the June wedding of a fellow Lansing police officer, followed with an incredible week-long Southern Caribbean cruise on the glamorous Ocean Duchess. Tropical paradise appears to be a perfect recipe for desperately needed R and R…until the first dead body.

A bizarre, seemingly random murder in their posh San Juan Hotel, and the heinous cruise ship deaths of two of Lansing’s law enforcement family, brings Manny, and his unique skills, out of cruise mode and head-long into the FBI-led investigation. Manny soon discovers that in this killer’s twisted perception nothing is off limits, prompting a race against time that could cost him everything.

If you like edge-of-your-seat thrillers laced with humor, you’ll love this!

“A new standard has been set for thrillers. In Rick Murcer’s debut novel, Caribbean Moon, he’s mixed the perfect ingredients to lock in readers, starting with the opening witty banter between Manny and Sophie. From there, the book takes off like a run-away roller coaster. Murcer knows just when to slow the pace and when to hit the gas. He’s created a twisted mystery, with infectious characters and an unfathomable ending. Manny Williams might be the new Jedi of investigators, and Murcer is a Spielberg-like creative powerhouse. Caribbean Moon is absolutely magnetic!”
John W. Mefford, Best-selling suspense author of COMMITTED

Escape, A New Life

By David Antocci

After saving a drowning man during a savage storm, Abby wakes up in a tropical paradise in a fight for her life. She has no idea how she got there, and notices changes in herself that she cannot explain. Haunted by unsettling dreams of her past, she meets up with Eric, and together they set out to escape. Standing in their way is a madman, and his band of willing followers, with a mind set on murdering their unwelcome visitors. An eccentric hermit who has been living there for years offers them refuge, but they must deny his generosity. Escape is their only option. Yet, they discover this deceptive paradise is harder to leave than they had ever imagined. One mystery leads to another, until their escape throws them into even greater danger as Abby’s frightening past finally catches up with her. Her escape is only the beginning.

“Escape: A New Life is a fascinating tale of action mixed with imagination, and is as exciting as a cross between The Hunger Games and Lost. If you enjoyed watching either of these, we guarantee you will enjoy reading Escape: A New Life. All in all, this is a very impressive work for a debut author!” – The Prometheus Review

“David J Antocci’s Escape, A New Life –a gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller, reminds me of a few classic novels, although it stands so well on its own without dropping the titles of the classics. Antocci has crafted a mounting arpeggio of blood-curdling suspense, mitigated sufficiently by what ever sense of romance the two main characters could scrape from the bottom of their situation, resulting in an unforgettable, entertaining rollercoaster ride!” – The New York Book Pundit

The Oligarch: A Thriller

By G.W. Eccles

Elected amid widespread protests and allegations of vote rigging for a controversial third term, the Russian President is determined to destroy the oligarchs before they destroy him. Introducing a new law to renationalise the vast asset wealth they acquired in Yeltsin’s questionable privatisation programme, the President seizes this chance to demolish their power base. His greatest opponent – Anton Blok, owner of the mighty Tyndersk Kombinat – faces far more than just financial ruin as his empire threatens to fall apart, and the President knows that his old enemy will stop at nothing to avoid catastrophe. With battlelines drawn, he turns to Alex Leksin, a business trouble-shooter, to thwart Blok’s plans. Against the challenge of hostile Arctic conditions, Leksin must tread a dangerous path through a labyrinth of corruption until the exciting and unexpected denouement takes place in Russia’s northernmost seaport

“If I were to doze off and re-awake in a hundred years and someone asked me what is happening in Russia, my answer would be unhesitating : people are drinking and stealing..”

As a “Russia veteran”, George Eccles knows that Saltykov-Shchedrin’s formula from the mid nineteenth century always holds true. But his new novel, “The Oligarch”, stands out, not just because it depicts theft and corruption on a Herculean scale, but because the author has a professional understanding of just what was stolen under the political loans-for-shares deal in the mid nineties (the country), and how (financial sleight of hand). Were the seven banker-oligarchs (“semibankirschina”) who constructed that deal merely opportunists, lucky enough to have been in the right place at the right time? Eccles thinks not. They would have needed to have had backing from rogue elements of the ex-KGB. His theory resonates with the real-life comments of Andrei Illarionov, a former economics adviser to President Putin, who views the conflict between today’s liberals and the Kremlin’s powerbrokers as the messy unwinding of the marriage which originally brought about the collapse of the USSR.
But if Eccles’s novel has its genesis in the real politics of the Yeltsin era, its action is set in the near future. The oligarchs won power in a time of great instability. What might happen in a renewed period of instability? Would such a situation provide an opportunity for a trust-busting President to destroy them? Or would their economic might prevail over any governmental effort to bring them to heel?

Behind the Closed Door

By Charles Prandy

In this sophomore novel, Detective Jacob Hayden is back.

When Jack Smith doesn’t come home from a business trip, his wife, Erin Smith becomes concerned. Before she has a chance to call police, Detective Jacob Hayden and his new partner, Patricia Jennings, show up at the house and Erin immediately knows that something terrible has happened. Days later a body is found in the woods without the head or fingers and it’s determined that the body is that of Jack Smith. Erin Smith becomes the primary suspect. After her arraignment Erin posts bail and without anyone knowing, flees the city…

A man named Max leads a group through a string of bank robberies. Each bank robbery leaves the branch manager and their families murdered. FBI Agent Jadyn Davis and Detective Hayden have to find out who’s committing these robberies before more families are murdered. But what they don’t realize is that the bank robberies are only a small part of a larger plot that Max has planned.

Seven Unholy Days

By Jerry Hatchett

CAN ONE MAN BRING ABOUT ARMAGEDDON?

CAN ONE MAN STOP HIM?

Tech celebrity Matt Decker is on top of the world. Then the computerized U.S. power grid that he designed suffers a cyber-attack that was supposed to be impossible. The United States is in chaos. People are dying. And the trouble is only beginning.

Praise from international bestseller James Rollins:
“A simple glitch in a power grid heralds the beginning of a madman’s scheme to bring about a biblical apocalypse. Written in a staccato style that will leave readers breathless and flipping pages long into the night, Hatchett’s…novel, SEVEN UNHOLY DAYS, is a thriller not to be missed!”

Free Falling

By Susan Kiernan-Lewis

A fun family vacation turns into an apocalyptic nightmare when a couple and their young son find themselves trapped in the Irish countryside during an international crisis. With all contact outside the country gone, all electricity and all non horse-powered vehicles useless and desperate bands of outlaws roaming the Emerald Isle, the time has come for one soft American family to reach deep within for the reserve of brains and courage to survive.

Great look into Irish life. Difficult to put down. Gripping twists along the way. Looking forward to continuing the story

Great character development! Nice story, would read more!

Great book about how we would survive with out all the modern machines. How people react and treat one another. I am now on Book 6 this is a great series

Hollywood Games

By M.Z. Kelly

LAPD cop Kate Sexton is back in Hollywood after taking a much needed vacation with her canine partner, Bernie.

Hollywood Games is a puzzle that begins with a tough but vulnerable cop trying to put her life back together. Add in a hyperactive canine partner who’s already sired a love-puppy named Bubba, a new homicide partner who is allergic to dead bodies, and Kate’s meddling best friends, Natalie and Mo, who think they’re the world’s greatest private detectives.

The puzzle pieces are scattered when a high-profile realtor is found murdered, floating in his hot tub, and his partner looks good for the crime. But Kate isn’t convinced and works the case until she realizes the killing might have ties to the victim’s many love interests and the largest gang in Hollywood.

The final pieces of the puzzle come into play when Kate’s love life takes an unexpected turn, she has to move on short notice with her friends into a spooky dilapidated mansion owned by a deceased actor, and the city is threatened with a gang war.

Join Kate as she struggles to repair a personal life that’s gone off the rails while she tries to solve a crime with more twists and turns than a street in the Hollywood Hills. Throw in equal parts of humor and suspense, and you’ve got Hollywood Games, the seventh novel in the funny, crazy, wild lives of Detective Kate Sexton and her canine partner, Bernie.

The Perfect Candidate

By Christopher Metcalf

Meet Lance Priest.

He is 21, a college student and part-time used car salesman. He is also a talented liar, a gifted storyteller and a human chameleon with an ironic nickname – Preacher. He may just be the one person CIA legend Geoffrey Seibel has been seeking for decades.

Lance may be THE PERFECT CANDIDATE.

To prove he has what it takes, Lance must pull off impossible covert missions and defeat deadly operatives plotting to sell nuclear warheads to a murderous regime on the eve of Operation Desert Storm.

There is no guarantee Lance will succeed, let alone survive. If Seibel’s training doesn’t kill him, a deadly Saudi assassin and a pair of lethal former KGB agents just might. And then there is Marta Sidorova, a rogue KGB operative who kills almost everyone she meets. Things will get messy.

Life will never be the same for Lance. But in a perilous world where ruthless killers don’t play by the rules, it is good to have a natural born killer like Lance on your side.

From Tulsa, Oklahoma to Dallas to Washington, D.C. to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Baghdad, Lance travels a path he never imagined. He joins the Army as his cover, trains with elite espionage operatives and uses his innate skills to learn Russian and Arabic. His journey, always guided by Seibel, takes him far from home and deep into a world few will ever see.

Spies, assassins, terrorists, Delta Forces, and others populate this secret, clandestine and dangerous world where life and death are separated by the razor sharp edge of a blade or the sound of a silenced bullet.

Lance will need to master this world using his unique talents. Preacher’s ability to see the environment around him like looking down on a map gives him a unique perspective. A lifetime of running gives him a fitness level above most, as well as a “cranial clock” always keeping time. The almost constant soundtrack playing in his head sometimes gets in the way, but that’s just Lance.

Hologram: The Seduction of Samantha Bowman

By Nancy Miller

Playing an erotic fantasy game seems just the ticket to put a little sizzle back in Samantha Bowman’s life. Samantha escapes to a virtual reality invented by her husband’s company, Holotech, where she feels more sexy and desirable than she has in years. She becomes ever involved, unaware she’s become the pawn of a clever psychopath with murder in mind.

Swept up in a vortex of circumstances, Samantha goes beyond the edge of reason to a place where she attempts the unimaginable . . .
A romantic suspense thriller with lots of twists and turns and plenty of racy erotic spice!

I took this book on vacation I read it by the pool and it was so much fun that I am so happy that I brought it with me. The characters were very interesting and unique. The book is slightly naughty but naughtiness is always fun, I recommend this book highly.

I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy this story. That was my first mistake. Then I started reading it. That was my second…because once I started I didn’t stop.

On the outside, Charlie and his wife Sam are people we all know. But once the story opens up…one thing becomes obvious: You can’t trust anyone. That’s just ONE of the things that drew me deeper into this book. Another was the great writing on top of the elegant and classy way the images of sex and desire were conveyed as each page progressed.

I recommend this book to EVERYONE. There is no codicil. If you enjoy reading an intriguing, adventurous and love-and-lust-filled story…it’s Hologram!

Privacy Code

Catherine Kolb has found the perfect diversion from her life of nearly complete seclusion: a virtually anonymous correspondence with a man she knows only as “Watts.”

Intelligent, mysterious, and with an insatiable appetite for sex, he begins to draw Catherine out of her closely guarded world, tempting her with his words—some explicit, some simply enticing…

“You should indulge your curiosities, especially the forbidden ones.”

Watts insists on privacy. He has no choice. In the wrong hands, his secrets could get people killed. Including Catherine.

Common sense says they should never meet, but curiosity and lust prove stronger than reason and caution. A planned one-time encounter sets into motion a series of events that bring Catherine and Watts to the edge of ecstasy and the brink of peril.

Two very private people. One risky night. A shot at love and redemption.

TSUNAMI STORM

By David Capps

The US has launched secret weapons of mass destruction on other countries. And awaits what might be cataclysmic retaliation…

China is devastated by an 8.0M earthquake that leaves 70,000 people dead with hundreds of thousands injured and untold property destroyed. The Chinese government soon learns that it was no natural disaster, but rather an orchestrated attack by the American government using their High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) weapon. China ceases foreign relations with America and creates their own version of the weapon in retaliation. They plan to attack the US by sending a submarine with mini nuke mines to create a massive rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

But what neither China nor the US knows is that the attack on China was an unauthorized assault perpetrated by a US Navy Vice Admiral. Because of his arrogance and pride, more innocent people may have to pay with their lives.

One of the many coastal towns in peril is Dolphin Beach, Oregon. The new mayor Willa McBride tries to protect her townspeople while her sister, the Senator Elizabeth Bechtel, tries to uncover who engineered the attack on China. What is unclear is whether the Senator’s goal is aimed toward the greater good or for her own political gain.

To protect the US coast, the government sends out the submarine USS Massachusetts to locate and destroy the Chinese sub. Now it seems the only protection for the American coast is one US submarine and its heroic crew against a truly catastrophic event…

The Trigger

By L.J. Sellers

Agent Jamie Dallas loves undercover assignments that get her out of the Phoenix Bureau. But when a woman and her baby disappear from an isolated community of preppers in Northern California, she knows the risk of infiltrating the armed group is dangerously high.

Once inside the compound, she discovers that the brothers who founded Destiny are scheming something far more devious than kidnapping or murder. Meanwhile, her local FBI contact is pulled from her team and assigned to investigate the murder of a woman found at the bottom of a motel pool.

Soon Dallas finds herself in deeper trouble than she’s ever encountered—with no way to reach her contacts. Can she break free of the bunker and stop their bizarre end-of-world plans? Will Agent McCullen identify the killer in time to help?

The Trigger is a gripping story that highlights our greatest fear—how a megalomaniac and a hacker-for-hire can threaten civilization as we know it.

“THE TRIGGER, LJ Sellers’ atmospheric, fast-paced and intelligent thriller, kept me reading long into the night. FBI agent Jamie Dallas, a beautiful woman who plays by her own rules in a man’s world, is one for the ages.” —J. Carson Black, New York Times bestselling author

Mad Powers

By Mark Wayne McGinnis

Rob Chandler, regaining consciousness, realizes he’s somehow been involved in a horrendous car accident. In pain and unable to move, he has no memory of his identity, or how the hell he’d gotten on that deserted desert road in the middle of nowhere. He has little time to contemplate his situation when he sees an 18-wheeler barreling down on him. The truck swerves, crashes, and plows into Chandler’s already decimated car. Then, as if his luck couldn’t get any worse, he watches a 30,000 volt high-power line drop from a telephone pole into his mangled car, hanging suspended mere inches from his head. Still alive, something at a molecular level changes Chandler.

Past enemies converge in a small desert town in Arizona, with one singular objective in mind … to kill Rob Chandler. What they didn’t expect was coming up against Rob’s new, strange, mad powers. From small town America to high-society of Baden-Baden, Germany, join Rob Chandler in this high-tension, paranormal thriller that doesn’t let up until the very last page.

Mad Powers is a full-length, 70,000 word novel. Originally a short novella called Tapped In, this newly integrated, three-part story kicks off what’s sure to evolve into another best-selling series.

Obsession, lust and revenge… Part murder mystery, part crime investigation, this unique noir killer thriller is a real page turner.

‘I always felt like I was reading with my hands over my eyes, sort of peeking through my fingers, cringing at what I knew what was coming next…’

‘If you like your books gritty, dark with complex characters and a plot that takes you with it to the grand finale then you will enjoy this…’

‘Hooked me right from the start, a build up in tension as the book rolls along and some twists that will put a big smile on your face…’

‘Not for the lily livered…’

All quotes are from Amazon reviews.

A devious serial killer, brutalized by years in prison is up for parole and, one way or another, he wants out.

Criminal profiler Doc Powers is assisted by Detective Inspector Jack Carver of London’s Metropolitan Police as he tries to unravel the truth about this violent psychopath while battling demons of his own.

First in the series introducing Doc Powers, Forensic Psychologist, partnering DI Carver. Their second investigation is well underway and will be ready to read in 2016, with the third and final installment of their adventures together expected during 2017.

From the back cover of the paperback version of Remorseless:

Peter Leech is a cunning, devious killer, brutalized by half a lifetime in prison for the vicious murder of his parents. Now he’s up for parole and, one way or another, he wants out.

He’s driven by obsessive lust for Judy Finch, a beautiful parole officer who spurned his advances, and his thirst for revenge on those he blames for his conviction.

His nemesis, Doc Powers, the forensic psychiatrist who assessed his mental health for trial, is now on the panel reviewing Leech’s parole application. But Doc fears for his own sanity. His feelings of guilt over his wife’s death and his terrible experiences as a criminal profiler threaten to overwhelm him. Hallucinations haunt Doc as he struggles to convince his colleagues that Leech is a dangerous unreformed psychopath.

A blossoming relationship with Judy helps Doc heal – emotionally and professionally – but he soon discovers he’s ill-prepared for Leech’s re-entry into his life…

A tense British Crime Thriller full of suspense, intriguing twists and a double figure bodycount… The first of a trilogy featuring the main characters.

Night of the Assassin

By Russell Blake

Night of the Assassin is the gritty, edge-of-your seat prequel to King of Swords. A no-holds-barred, breakneck-paced thriller, Night of the Assassin charts the early years of El Rey – the King of Swords – a super-assassin responsible for some of the world’s most spectacular and daring executions.

Framed against the backdrop of present-day Mexico’s brutal narco-trafficking violence, Night of the Assassin chronicles the making of a monster – a cold-blooded, ruthless killing machine. Raw, disturbing, edgy and unflinching, this epic saga defies convention to create a roller-coaster of intrigue, suspense and thrills that will leave even the most jaded thriller aficionados gasping for breath.

USA Today Bestselling Author

As Seen in The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, and The Times!

“A sadistically good writer.” – The Kindle Book Review

“Russell Blake writes with a brisk intensity and pulse-pounding power. Jump in and hang on for a nonstop thrill ride.” – Scott Nicholson, Liquid Fear

Hacker For Hire

By Pendleton Wallace

If Clive Cussler had written Ugly Betty, it would be Hacker for Hire.

Hacker for Hire, a suspense novel about corporate greed and industrial espionage, is the second book in a series about Latino computer security analyst Ted Higuera and his best friend, para-legal Chris Hardwick.

The goofy, off-beat Ted Higuera, son of Mexican immigrants, grew up in East LA. An unlikely football scholarship brought him to Seattle.

Chris, Ted’s college roommate, grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth. His father is the head of one of Seattle’s most prestigious law firms.

Ted’s first job out of college leads him into the world of organized crime where he faces a brutal beating. After being rescued by beautiful private investigator Catrina Flaherty, Ted decides to go to work for her.

Catrina is hired by a large computer corporation to find a leak in their corporate boardroom when the previous consultant is found floating in Elliot Bay.

Ted discovers that Chris’s firm has been retained by their prime suspect. Now he and Chris are working opposite sides of the same case.

Ted and Catrina are led deep into Seattle’s Hi-Tech world as they stalk the killer. But the killer is also hunting them. Can Ted find the killer before the killer finds him?

Inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s account of a Soviet labor camp revolt in Gulag Archipelago, Volume III, the story of FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS follows political prisoners and security officials at a corrective labor camp in Kamas, Utah, where inmates seize control during the summer of 2024.

KAMAS, UTAH. 2024. America has become a totalitarian dystopia after the Unionist Party’s rise to power. The American West contains vast Restricted Zones dotted with ghost towns, scattered military garrisons and corrective labor camps where the regime disposes of its real and suspected enemies. Kamas is one such camp.

On a frigid March night, a former businessman from Pittsburgh, Paul Wagner, arrives at a labor camp in Utah’s Kamas Valley, a dozen miles east of the deserted resort town of Park City, which prisoners are dismantling as part of a massive recycling project.

When Wagner arrives, he is unaware that his eleven-year-old daughter, Claire, has set off to Utah to find him after becoming separated from her mother at the Philadelphia Airport. By an odd quirk of fate, Claire has traveled on the same train that carried her father into internal exile.

Only after Wagner has renounced all hope of survival, cast his lot with anti-regime hard-liners and joined them in an unprecedented and suicidal revolt does he discover that Claire has become a servant in the home of the camp’s Deputy Warden. Wagner is torn between his devotion to family and loyalty to his fellow rebels until, on the eve of an armored assault intended to crush the revolt, he faces an agonizing choice between a hero’s death and a coward’s freedom.

In FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS, author Preston Fleming offers a stirring portrait of a man determined to survive under the bleakest of conditions and against formidable odds.

The Tesla Secret

By Alex Lukeman

Lost plans for a terrifying weapon designed by Nikola Tesla fall into the hands of a centuries-old conspiracy bent on world domination. Powerful men will stop at nothing to use the weapon to achieve their goal, even at the risk of nuclear war.

Director Elizabeth Harker runs the Project, the secret hand of the US President. Nick Carter heads up the Project team in the field. Selena Connor is his teammate and lover. Together they pursue a twisted trail of clues that tests their relationship to the breaking point.

From the cobbled streets of Prague to the jungles of Mexico, from the ancient countryside of Tuscany to the barren plains of Central Russia, the story moves with relentless pace toward a final, explosive confrontation that will determine the future of humanity.

In this book 5 of The Project series, a team of professional “soldiers” venture out to varied world locations, trying to retrieve a relic that will empower a devastating weapon. The level of excitement runs from high to higher throughout the book, as the team links up with Russian counterparts to go after a common enemy that has succeeded in not only obtaining the relic, but perfecting its use in the new weapon. In a remote location in Russia, unknown to the Russian government, a group of mercenaries and well-appointed Russian mavericks build an elaborate pyramid as a base for the device. No one should be disappointed with this read.

The Reluctant Hero

By Jackie Weger

There are a few things Parnell Stillman is dead certain he will never do:

He’d never fall in love.
He’d never have kids.
He’d never be a hero.

His first and only love is flying.The struggle to keep his air cargo business solvent is challenge enough. Rebecca Hollis believes caring for others is the road to happiness. Tasked to shepherd five orphans on a flight to a conclave to meet prospective adoptive parents, she learns it takes much more. The plane is caught helpless in the grip of a storm that sends it plunging into a frozen wilderness. Rebecca determines she and the disagreeable pilot must work together to insure the survival and rescue of the orphans. Parnell Stillman has other ideas. So do the orphans. Rescue means a return to foster homes and an uncaring welfare system. Or maybe not.

5 Stars. Gem of a Book. ~ s. pennington, amazon

A tantalizing blend of Amazon Lily and Romancing the Stone, only in this book the children are the jewels. I tell you this gem of a book is adventurous, humorous, tug-on-your-heartstrings romance at its finest. 5 stars aren’t nearly enough to rate this finely crafted novel or the skill of its author.

5.0 Stars Loved this book!! ~ judith tulloch, amazon

When I read the “Book Description” for this book, I knew I had to read it. It was all what was said in the description and a lot more. It is a fantastic book, one well written. I loved it! Once I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!

In the Forest of Light and Dark

By Mark Kasniak

With one look at her you would think that Cera Singer from Saraland, Alabama is your typical teenage girl from a rural Southern Gulf town. That is, she faces all the problems you would expect a seventeen-year-old would face; boys, drugs, fitting in, her upcoming senior year, and on top of that getting her first car on the road. But what Cera doesn’t know yet is what will ultimately set Cera apart from all the other girls her age. Cera is a witch.

In this supernatural thriller, you’ll be taken along as Cera recounts her experiences in her memoir of how she discovered that the women in her mama’s family lineage were actually a long line of witches responsible for the protection of her new home and community. As Cera writes she will explain to you how her honest curiosity along with her rebellious, down-to-earth nature quickly got her into more than she could handle, mentally and physically, as she uncovers the many deep and well-hidden layers in her relationships with her mother and grandmother.

Synopsis:

After the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill shut down the fishing industry in the Gulf causing Cera’s Step Daddy Cade to lose his job, Cera and her parents find themselves in dire straits when they learn that their local bank is planning to foreclose on their home. Now just when Murphy’s Law seems to be at its all time worst for Cera and her family, news comes that Cera’s grandmother, Lyanna Barrett, has passed. But soon, Cera and her family quickly find out her passing isn’t all bad news. In an inheritance letter that Cera’s mama (Janine) receives in the weeks that follow her mother’s death, she is informed that she is to receive all of her mother’s assets which are to include a house in New York, a new Cadillac, and a substantial amount of cold, hard cash.

Reluctant to leave Saraland and move back to New York, Cera’s mama is torn but sees no other option other than accepting the inheritance that her mother bequeathed to her and make a fresh start back in her place of birth, Mount Harrison.

After arriving in Mt. Harrison, a picturesque, little Western New York village nestled in a valley below the forest covered mountain from which it gets its name—Cera quickly comes to the understanding as to why her mama, at age eighteen, had elected to run away from her home and head for the Deep South.

Nearly all the village’s residence, acting under a curse put upon them by Abellona Abbott (a three hundred-year-old witch that still resides in the forest atop Mt. Harrison and takes the embodiment of her teenage former self) treats Cera and her mama with utter contempt for bringing the Barrett blood line back into the village and thereby angering Abellona Abbott even further because of a grudge the witch still carries against the Barrett family that stretches back to the time of her death.

As Cera and her family try their best to settle into their new home and community, Cera immediately finds out, even before her very first day at her new school, that she along with her mama are not going to be welcomed in their new village which quickly becomes evident to Cera by the lack of acceptance she receives from several of her new classmates and her neighbor’s disdainful attitudes towards her and her family.

If Cera hopes to survive her senior year of high school, then together with the help of another village outcast named Katelyn, she has to piece together her family’s history in Mt. Harrison in connection with Abellona Abbott, and quickly develop her newly found magic skills before it’s too late.

Lockdown

An explosive, race-against-time thriller and the first in the action-packed Ryan Lock series.

Christmas Eve in New York, but for ex-military bodyguard Ryan Lock it’s business as usual. His task: to protect the head of one of America’s most powerful corporations.

But when a bloody massacre leaves bodies littering the streets of midtown Manhattan, Lock’s hunt for the killers turns into an explosive game of cat and mouse.

As the clock ticks towards midnight on New Year’s Eve, and a female suicide bomber stalks the island of Manhattan, Lock realizes that not only is his own life in terrible danger but so are the lives of millions of others…

Daily Telegraph Thriller of the Year.
“An impressive debut novel featuring one of the finest female villains since Ian Fleming’s Rosa Klebb…this is a writer, and a hero, to watch” – The Daily Mail

“Sean Black writes with the pace of Lee Child, and the heart of Harlan Coben. Lockdown is a sure-fire winner” – Joseph Finder, New York Times Bestselling Author of Buried Secrets

Breakdown

By Jordon Quattlebaum

How far would you go to survive?

When Thomas Monroe’s car breaks down on the side of the road, he’s sure the day can’t get any worse… until he receives a mysterious call warning him of impending doom. Seconds later, the United States is hit by what appears to be an electromagnetic pulse, knocking the power grid almost completely offline. Millions will die in the coming weeks, and Thom, like most of the country, is unprepared. Worst of all, his daughter, the only family he has left, is halfway across the state at college.

The world between them is a warzone.

Join Thom as he makes friends, outwits thugs, battles bandits, and struggles across the state to reunite with his daughter before they both succumb to the horrors of a post-apocalyptic world.

Can an everyday, broken man survive the apocalypse?
**Breakdown is a serial adventure. Think of it like reading your favorite TV show, with a new Episode released every 3-4 weeks. These episodes are not a stand alone book. Each Season will be a stand alone book containing 4 to 5 episodes. Not a fan of serials? Wait for the full season!**

The Geneva Decision

By Seeley James

Forced into early retirement, driven young soccer star Pia Sabel has to turn around her sinking security firm after oil pirates assassinate her first customer.

Until a few weeks ago, Pia Sabel was an international soccer star. But now she’s taken the helm of her billionaire father’s private security company, and she’s playing against a whole new set of opponents – the kind who shoot to kill.

On her first day on the job, Pia’s client is assassinated in front of her. There’s no time for training, so Pia must trust her instincts and athletic skills to unravel the complicated maze of money laundering and piracy that will take her from Swiss mansions to the jungles of Cameroon.

Her battle-hardened employees suspect she’s just a spoiled rich girl with a mean corner kick. But Pia’s got some unexpected moves of her own. Will they be enough to bring her team through its mission?

I loved The Geneva Decision. The main character, Pia Sabel has taken on a job where she may very well be in over her head. But she’s not willing to admit defeat and she is not going to give up. This is a refreshing change to the mystery/thriller concepts where the protagonist can’t do anything wrong. Pia is new at this. She makes mistakes. She learns as she goes along. She makes friends and enemies along the way, and people get hurt. All of this adds up to a reading experience that is both fun and engrossing. The title indicates that this is only book one of a series. I’m looking forward to book #2!

Crazy Free: An Epic Spiritual Journey

By Melissa Wyld

“Crazy Free – An Epic Spiritual Journey is the true story of one woman’s solo adventures, over 15,000 miles by road, 2,660 miles on foot and 444 miles by kayak, with a side trip to the Indian Himalayas. A journey of exploration, transformation and awakening.”

Melissa Wyld once lived an irreproachably normal and comfortable life – successful career, loving husband, large suburban house: the full conventional happiness package. Her life was perfect … except for the restlessness clawing at her heart and her obsessive need for fresh air.

Crazy free is the vivid and intimate story of the author’s leap of faith to unplug and awaken. Her quest for ultimate freedom leads her to leave her “normal life” behind, walk the entire length of the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada, kayak the Yukon River, explore the path of yoga in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, survive her greatest love, and embrace a full-time off-the-grid life in the back of her beloved Toyota truck. And, at each step, she must choose: surrender to the path of magic and unconventionality or shrink back to a world of debts, jobs, fears and social expectations.

Praise for Crazy Free

“Many of us dream of giving up comfort and security for absolute freedom but lack the courage or confidence to really give it a go. If your mind ever goes there, this book will strike you to the core. If not, it might just take you there.”
~ Evan J. Larsell, world traveler and big-wall climber

“Crazy Free is a sort of Eat Pray Love with dirt under the fingernails, an Into the Wild type of story where, thankfully, the heroine returns safe and sound from the wilderness, having learned, grown and transformed.”
~ Christopher Loren, author of Unspirituality – Permission to be human

“Melissa Wyld is an original, expressive, and provocative writer, honest, vulnerable, wide open, intellectually curious, with a huge spiritual hunger and a courage to seek it out of life.”
~ C.M. Evans, author of The Oak Park Taoist Primer

“I have read both Wild by Cheryl Strayed and Crazy Free by Melissa Wyld. Completely different experiences. Cheryl struggled with the miles, the men and her pack, Melissa had a charmed experience on a magical trail.
~ Brian Miyakusu, comment on a “hiking the Pacific Crest Trail” online discussion.

Ratham Creek

By Marie F. Martin

Unexpectedly widowed and left destitute by her husband’s gambling debts, Arianne Hollis retreats to a remote area of Montana and struggles to build a new life. She becomes acquainted with old families and newcomers, only to find herself sucked into a feud between them. A handsome, lonely member of the clannish mountain people wins her love, but she is torn between him and his family’s escalating violence to protect their way of life. Then she becomes a target. Will Arianne give into the same vengeance that corrupts the clan?

Ratham Creek is a story of misguided revenge set against the rural mountains of Montana. Marie F. Martin deftly explores the grief and memories of a family unraveling and a community divided. Ross and Arianne meet and dare to navigate the complexities of their lives in search of lasting peace and true love. —Deborah Epperson,author of Breaking TWIG.

Ratham Creek is Marie F Martin’s best yet–and I have read all three of her novels. She weaves a story of home and family torn apart by long-standing feuds and tragic misunderstandings. I felt like I knew the large Ferrell clan, and I cared that they set things right. Aside from difficulties, what stands out to me is Martin’s obvious love of Montana’s landscape. The beauty of Ratham Creek and the reverence the characters have for the land will make the reader want to see for oneself.—Ann Minnett, author of Burden of Breath and Serita’s Shelf Life

Deadly Crossing

By R.E. McDermott

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DEADLY COAST – BOOK DESCRIPTION

A phone call. A common enough event, sometimes welcome, sometimes annoying, but seldom life changing. Or so we assume. But assumptions are dangerous things, and the reality is we all live one phone call away from disaster. One cheerful ring away from news of a tragic accident. One muted buzz from learning a lifetime of memories have disappeared in a raging house fire.

And so it is for Tom Dugan, rolling though the London night, the woman he loves in the taxi beside him. Life is good by any measure — until his phone rings, alerting him to the arrival of two old Russian friends with a very big problem.

Dugan’s attempts to help his friends rescue an innocent girl from the Russian mob plunge him into a world he’d scarcely imagined, endangering him and everyone he holds dear. A world of modern day slavery and unspeakable cruelty, from which no one will escape, unless Dugan can weather a Deadly Crossing.

Dourado

By David Wood

A sunken treasure. An ancient Biblical artifact. A mystery as old as humankind. On January 25, 1829, the Portuguese brig Dourado sank off the coast of Indonesia, losing its cargo of priceless treasures from the Holy Land. One of these lost relics holds the key to an ancient mystery. But someone does not want this treasure to come to light. When her father is murdered while searching for the Dourado, Kaylin Maxwell hires treasure hunter and former Navy Seal Dane Maddock and his partner Uriah “Bones” Bonebrake, to locate the Dourado, and recover a lost Biblical artifact, the truth behind which could shake the foundations of the church, and call into question the fundamentally held truths of human existence. Join Dane and Bones on a perilous adventure that carries them from the depths of the Pacific to ancient cities of stone as they unravel the mystery of the Dourado.

“A fast-paced adventure with action to spare. Dane Maddock is a hero cut from the Dirk Pitt mold, and “Bones” Bonebrake is the best sidekick around. If you like your thrillers with a touch mystery and Biblical archaeology, Dourado is the book for you.” — Megalith Book Reviews

Elizabeth’s Legacy

By Victor Kloss

Like most normal people, Ben hadn’t the faintest idea there was an Institute of Magic…

Two years after his parents’ sudden disappearance, Ben Greenwood stumbles upon a cryptic letter that could shed some light on their whereabouts. But before he can track them down, he’ll need to find the mysterious organization that sent the letter:

The Royal Institute of Magic.

To succeed, Ben will have to navigate a land filled with fantastic creatures and Spellshooters, where magic can be bought and sold, to unravel an ancient family secret that could hold the key to defeating an evil the Institute has been fighting for the last five hundred years.

Elizabeth’s Legacy is the first book in the Royal Institute of Magic series.

“Do you remember what it felt like when Harry Potter first glimpsed the wonders of Diagon Alley? The Royal Institute of Magic introduces an entirely different world, but that sense of wonder is the same.” – Kindle reviewer

“Magic, mystical creatures, alternate history, and a search for parents who kept a very big secret…what is not to love?” – Kindle reviewer

“Magical! Exciting! Riveting! Unique fantasy!” – Kindle reviewer

“It has the feel of the Harry Potter series, but with a completely different twist.” – Kindle reviewer

“I am shocked at how much I loved this book.” – Kindle reviewer

“From start to finish this is an absolutely gripping read!” – Kindle reviewer

The Flood

For three years, Travis Cooke has dreamed of reuniting his family, but not like this.

When the Flood hit, America’s East Coast was evacuated by every means possible. Hours later, a cruise ship assisting in the rescue lies dead in the water: no power, no communications, and nowhere near enough food. Thousands of refugees on board, including Travis, his-ex-wife, and their young son, find themselves alone in a big ocean.

Now, the escapees from the Flood face a new challenge- survive until rescue comes – and a journey into human darkness and heroism begins. Desperate to protect his family as the panic rises, Travis finds behind each door an unexpected new side to the Festival, but no way out. How far will he go?

Bonus short story in ebook: Locked in the Trunk of a Car, a sharp suspense thriller in a small package.

Blood of Others

By Rick Mofina

Blood of Others received one of the world’s top literary prizes for crime fiction, the 2003 Arthur Ellis Award, given by the Crime Writers of Canada for Best Novel. In his praise of the book, James Patterson, the #1 Worldwide Bestselling Author, said Blood of Others, was: “Tense, realistic, and scary in all the right places.”

The disappearance and murder of a lonely San Francisco insurance clerk puts a relentless crime reporter and legendary homicide cop on separate tracks in their pursuit of a killer.

The suspect lures solitary women out of their quiet worlds and into his nightmare as he races the clock and travels the globe searching for the one woman who will forgive the unforgivable.

In the course of a widening investigation, Olivia Grant, a shy gift store sales manager who aches to escape her painful solitude, meets Ben Wyatt, an outcast San Francisco cop on the case, Wyatt is a man gripped with self-doubt over the shooting of his former partner.

Blood of Others is a study of loneliness and human frailties; a story steeped in terrifying suspense that threatens to destroy the lives of those drawn into it as it rockets to a heart-pounding conclusion.

About the author:

Rick Mofina is a former crime reporter and the award-winning author of several acclaimed thrillers.

The International Thriller Writers, The Private Eye Writers of America and The Crime Writers of Canada have Rick Mofina’s books as being among the best in the world. His titles have been published in some 20 countries and have been praised by James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Jeffery Deaver, Sandra Brown, James Rollins, Brad Thor, Nick Stone, David Morrell, Allison Brennan, Heather Graham, Linwood Barclay, Peter Robinson, Håkan Nesser and Kay Hooper.

IMMACULATE: The Second Coming Of The Christ

By Jeff Fuell

Meet Mary Matthews, a woman who was once very religious but has now lost her faith. When she was a little girl her father was heartlessly killed because he had been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Even though she had prayed to God to save him her prayers were ignored and her father died right in front of her, thus causing her to abandon everything that she had once believed in.
Now she is a grown woman who discovers to her surprise that she is pregnant, only the father turns out to be somebody whom she would never suspect and that person’s son is destined to bring about an age undreamed of. Only now, a crazed madman is trying to kill her before such a thing can happen while another fights to see that new day come, both of whom are soldiers of God. While the two of them are on the run they begin to fall in love as they live for the day when the King of Kings will walk the earth once again.
From the author: This book is mainly an action/adventure story with a religious backdrop and a good deal of dark humor, but it also touches on certain things that are prevalent in society that the Bible speaks out against, things such as homosexuality, gluttony and tattoos. I wanted this book to be a reflection of society while at the same time telling an engaging story.

This book has All The Above… It’s a psychological action thriller with twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat. It’s a battle between Good and Evil combining ancient and new concepts. The Good brought me to tears and the Dark terrified me. The deeper meanings throughout are astounding. The strong use of Americana cleverly placed me in the book. The detailed insight into the hidden parts of humanity- both psychological and sexual- was mind blowing. This author will take you step by step through the processes of a sick mind with great clarity. This book is, all at once, disturbing, encouraging, thrilling, shocking and thought provoking. Absolutely Brilliant.

Transference

By Jeff Fuell

Michael Potters is caught in a dilemma. He is attempting to solve his own murder and trying to do so in the form of a little boy whose body he now inhabits. While doing so, he not only has to keep the secret from his own son, but from the new family that he is now living with. To add even more to his troubles he is having to once more attend grade school, something which was frustrating enough the first time. He has no idea why all of this is happening to him nor how much time he has left to find out why. All he can do is race the clock to try to discover who was responsible for murdering him before his time runs out.

From the author: Like most people, I have often wondered what it would be like to be a kid again, but to retain the experience and wisdom that I have as an adult. This is a good deal about what this story is about. It is also a bit of a culture clash as the main character of this book experiences being a kid again in a whole new world that was different from his own. I suppose every generation looks at the one coming up and asks “Is this what our future is? We’re doomed!” Michael Potters is having to experience it firsthand because he has no alternative.

A Bridge to Treachery

By Larry Crane

In this up-tempo, menacing thriller, Larry Crane plunks Army Ex-Ranger Lou Christopher in the midst of a mind-boggling domestic terrorism plot that tests his bed-rock values of patriotism, integrity, and marital fidelity.

After retiring from a heroic career that nearly got him general officer stars, Colonel Christopher finds that his Brigade Commander chops don’t necessarily translate into a comparable civilian job—and he settles instead for the lure of a lucrative stock broker post.

Unfortunately, the stock market is plummeting, taking his self-esteem and confidence with it. He’s approached with a high risk scheme promising to resurrect his life, and against the qualms of his wife and his own nagging doubts he rolls the dice, with his honor and marriage at stake.

A Bridge to Treachery is a twisting, turning chase through the back woods of Bear Mountain and the marble canyons of Wall Street on a mission to reclaim respectability from the clutches of temptation.

Paradigm Rift

By Randy McWilson

Paradigm Rift: A thrilling mix of mystery, history, and conspiracy.

Denver Wayne Collins was doing his best to maintain the deteriorating pieces of his life, as he faced a bitter divorce that threatened to rip his six-year-old daughter from his home and heart. And then…it happened. In a blinding flash of lightning and a cascade of thunder, Denver finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1956…to the Midwestern town of Normal, Illinois. Quickly arrested by police Chief James McCloud, Denver discovers that he is not alone as a time jumper. Denver joins a small band of time travelers who are desperately struggling to find a technological breakthrough that can send them all home, while keeping their true identities safe from the populace of the small town. They think that no one knows the truth…but a local reporter and the CIA are hot on their trail, seeking to exploit the knowledge held by people from the future. Adding to their troubles, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin has dispatched a female KGB assassin to locate the group and eliminate them before the American intelligence services can interrogate them. It’s about love, betrayal, and sacrifice, carefully woven into a tale involving murder, espionage, and experimentation with the very fabric of reality. If you love sci-fi, if you crave political thrillers, if you are fascinated by conspiracy theories, then the Back to Normal series is your newest escape. Back to Normal will tease your mind with shocking conclusions about the famous Roswell event, Area 51, the Philadelphia Experiment, and even…the Kennedy assassination. You will never look at history the same way again…it’s time to get challenged, it’s time to get the whole story, it’s time to get Back to Normal.

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Russian Roulette

By Mike Faricy

“Faricy is the next Carl Hiaasen.” -Crime Scene

Russian Roulette is the FIRST novel in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator mystery series.

Bestselling author Mike Faricy kicks off his mystery series with this humorous, suspenseful tale of intrigue, rank ineptitude, and one night-stands.

THE RUSSIAN MOB’S NEVER BEEN SO HILARIOUS. OR SO DANGEROUS…

PI Dev Haskell wakes up one morning in dire need of an asprin, a cup of coffee, and an hour in the sauna. It seems he’s just spent a wild night with his beautiful bombshell of a client, Kerri, and she’s left him a note. A smart and sly man who fancies himself just a little more savvy and debonair than reality confirms, Dev thinks he’s got it made. But he has absolutely no idea what he’s getting into when he agrees to track down Kerri’s sister Nikki. Turns out both women are involved in an elaborate human trafficking ring with Braco the Whacko, a notorious Russian mobster, at the helm. Soon Dev finds himself at odds with local police, Homeland Security, and an FBI task force, as well as in and out of the hospital thanks to a gunshot wound and a bit of shrapnel in the rear, not to mention on the run from a neurotic underworld boss and a psychotic killer: it must be love…

In a bizarre but compelling mixture of crime and offbeat comedy, Dev proceeds to messily balance both sides of the law in a wacky tale that will keep you on your toes while laughing out loud.

WHO WILL LIKE IT: Fans of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, Tony Dunbar’s Tubby Dubonnet mysteries, the Chevy Chase Fletch movies, and Florida-zany authors like Carl Hiassen, Tim Dorsey, and Dave Barry–though not because this book is set in Florida–it’s just zany!

Pawnbroker: A Thriller

By Jerry Hatchett

Would you give killers what they want to get them to leave you and your family alone? Gray Bolton might, if he knew what “it” was. His life as a pawnbroker in a Mississippi town is good. He has a beautiful family and the future looks bright. Then he kills an armed robber and discovers that he was anything but a common criminal. Trouble cascades upon Bolton from the police, from home, and from unknown parties who may be the most vicious of all. They all appear to be after the same thing and they will all do anything to get it. Unfortunately, Bolton has no idea what that thing is. His battle to find out will test him in ways he couldn’t have imagined, and the stakes are simple: Everything.

This thriller from Jerry Hatchett snatches you early and doesn’t let go. It is fast, intense, and the pages thrum with authenticity. The author’s style is smooth and easy with remarkable pacing throughout this afterburner of a debut, resulting in a tale that you literally cannot put down.

PAWNBROKER is well written, easy to read and basically a top-notch thriller. The title character is Gray Bolton, an everyday man looking after his family and business who is unwittingly propelled into a deadly struggle against some powerful bad guys who will do anything to get something back from him. Suffice to say, the “something” is creepy, dangerous and extremely valuable. Fast-paced, with exciting twists and turns and a good sense of the Mississippi setting, I was hooked straight away by the sinister prologue and stayed hooked until the epilogue, which I thought was a nice touch. I found this novel “unputdownable” and devoured it in three sittings. Highly recommended, and I hope for more titles from the author.

FIRST CASE

By Roger Stelljes

THE CRIME SERIES WITH OVER 1.5 MILLION DOWNLOADSNew York Times & USA Today Bestselling McRyan Mystery Series

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A prestigious job at a top law firm, a beautiful home, and a gorgeous wife all made for an ideal life. But then life gets in the way and changes the course you have selected. For Mac McRyan, a family tragedy meant forgoing a lucrative legal career for one in the “family business” – the St. Paul Police Department. After four years as a cop, the ruggedly handsome Mac crosses the crime scene tape for the first time as a homicide detective. The back alley murder of a young trial lawyer from a high profile law firm doesn’t add up. In an emotionally charged investigation full of unexpected twists and turns, Mac will need to follow a convoluted trail of evidence, secrets, and hidden agendas to help solve a murder mystery that is his first case.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Roger Stelljes, delivers a short mystery novel (12 chapter novella) that is the prequel to the McRyan Mystery Series. An emotionally charged investigation full of unexpected twists and turns, Mac McRyan will need to follow a convoluted trail of evidence, secrets, and hidden agendas to help solve a murder mystery that is his FIRST CASE.

Lockdown

An explosive, race-against-time thriller and the first in the action-packed Ryan Lock series.

Christmas Eve in New York, but for bodyguard Ryan Lock it’s business as usual. His task: to protect the head of one of America’s most powerful corporations.

But when a bloody massacre leaves bodies littering the streets of midtown Manhattan, Lock’s hunt for the killers turns into an explosive game of cat and mouse.

As the clock ticks towards midnight on New Year’s Eve, and a female suicide bomber stalks the island of Manhattan, Lock realizes that not only is his own life in terrible danger but so are the lives of millions of others…

Daily Telegraph Thriller of the Year.

“An impressive debut novel featuring one of the finest female villains since Ian Fleming’s Rosa Klebb…this is a writer, and a hero, to watch” – The Daily Mail

“Sean Black writes with the pace of Lee Child, and the heart of Harlan Coben. Lockdown is a sure-fire winner” – Joseph Finder, New York Times Bestselling Author of Buried Secrets

The Defendants: A Courtroom Drama

By John Ellsworth

From Kindle All-Star John Ellsworth, author of #1 bestseller in thrillers category

“Fast-paced courtroom drama that makes the pages turn with its depiction of the American Legal Justice System, Mob rule, and the tale of one rookie lawyer who refused to quit!” – American Institute of Justice

Young Thaddeus Murfee is a trial lawyer with less than 18 months of courtroom experience. He is completely unprepared for the complicated murder case that he is asked to defend.

While Ermeline was passed out, her date carved his name in her breasts. Later, he is found murdered. Ermeline is arrested based on circumstantial evidence because she had motive and opportunity. She hires Thaddeus, who makes his criminal lawyer debut defending his first murder case in this intense courtroom drama.

In The Defendants, John Ellsworth offers you a courtroom thriller that puts you right in the front row of the jury. See the politics that lurk behind criminal cases and discover how love can grow out of the strangest beginnings that anybody could imagine.

In the exciting climax in this free legal thriller, Thaddeus is only given a split second to save his own life. His heart-pounding reaction in this crime fiction novel is breath taking!

The Dream Jumper’s Promise

“A sexy supernatural thriller that creeps up on you until your mind spinning and your heart is pumping!”
~ Cherry Adair, New York Times Bestselling Author

*Award-Winning Fiction!

*Nominated for Best Indie First Book, Indie Romance Convention

Tina Greene’s husband has gone missing while surfing off Maui and after eight months, there’s little hope of a recovered body. She pulls herself from the wreckage of her life to rescue her failing SCUBA shop from bankruptcy. When an old lover, Jamey Dunn, walks in the shop after ten years, she panics to see him again. His promises once meant everything to her and then he disappeared from her life too. Is it any wonder she wants nothing to do with him when he shows up at her dive shop after ten years?

Jamey Dunn has spent a lifetime adjusting to what he’s termed heightened intuition. That, and being able to enter people’s dreams. When he arrives on Maui, on leave from his Special Forces Unit in Afghanistan, Jamey is under orders to give his abilities a break. Considering he uses telepathy for the military, he’s now of little use in the war zone. Maui is where he hopes to regain his ability to enter dreams. When Jamey discovers Tina is still on Maui, he’s distraught to find her a shell of the person he once loved.

Compelled to help her, Jamey learns that Tina’s otherworldly dreams are part of her problem and he might be the only person who can help her make sense of them. But when he reveals his secret ability to enter dreams and offers to enter her sub-conscious, she doesn’t trust him. Working to gain her trust, Jamey knows he has to solve this mystery for Tina to absolve him in the role he played in the ruin of her life.

Desolation Run

By James Snyder

70-something Oreny “Big” Johnson has a problem. Actually, he has two. Or maybe three. The first is that he’ll be dead from cancer, less than a year, which doesn’t particularly concern him: “The things I’ve been through, dying is just one more page in a long bad book.” But spending his last living days, taking his last living breath, behind steel bars does. That’s the second problem: Inmate #78903 in the notorious level-four Washington State prison known as Horseneck Bay.

Then there’s the money. Two million dollars of stolen military payroll, supposedly buried in some remote and mysterious south-Texas mountain range called Los Despoblados, or The Uninhabited, which sounds to Oreny like one of those places his mama Maybell always told him to avoid. But he’ll worry about that later. He has to get there first. Problem number three.

That’s when he brings those two smoldering dynamite sticks he’s attached himself to—his Luke-boy and Jaime—on board to help his tired old body break out of Horseneck and go dig up that money and then hightail it across the border into Mexico. And when they do break out, and Luke decides to bring his girlfriend Lauren along, and her enraged ex comes after them, and then the manhunt starts multiplying faster around them than those cancer cells inside him, Oreny still thinks he can control them. The problems, that is. At least, until Cade arrives.

Cade, the prison investigator Oreny knows is dangerous and unpredictable as a six-foot-two wolverine on eight gallons of adrenalin gone bad. And who won’t stop until he catches them and does to them what Cade does best.

Cade, Oreny knows better than anything else, is their biggest problem of all.

When Butterflies Cry: A Novel

By Ninie Hammon

A soldier returns to find his wife in his brother’s arms. And that’s not even the worst thing he’s come home to.
Just so you know going in—that dam holding back a 300-million-gallon lake on the mountainside above the little town of Saddler Hollow—that dam’s going to blow.

Grayson Addington comes home to Saddler Hollow, West Virginia, from Vietnam a broken man, ravaged by post traumatic stress syndrome, a chaplain who left his faith in the jungle mud with his massacred unit. His wife, Piper, doesn’t know her husband anymore. In his absence, she turned to his brother Carter for support. Now, she must choose between them—and Carter will stop at nothing to have her.

And into this family torn apart by jealousy, deceit and clan loyalties comes a mysterious little girl. Maggie, a battered child with amnesia, shows up on the Addington’s front porch and instantly bonds to Sadie, Piper and Grayson’s cripplingly shy toddler. When Maggie runs away and takes Sadie with her, the warring brothers must team up to search for them.

Is it possible that something more than chance brought the child called Maggie to this wounded family? And could it be that nothing less than destiny will be fulfilled by her single, courageous act of love?

From bestselling suspense author and award-winning journalist Ninie Hammon comes this spellbinding story of ordinary people whose tangled lives are marked by the specter of an impending disaster.

With its cast of rich, believable characters, ever-tightening tension and Hammon’s trademark dusting of “the unexplainable,” When Butterflies Cry will keep you turning pages far into the night.

The Ghost of Blackwood Lane

By Greg Enslen

For years, the witness protection program has kept Gary Foreman safe from the horrors he left behind. He’s got a new career and new friends, but they can never know his real name or where he comes from. But the program can’t protect him from the relentless dreams of a young woman in danger. It’s the same dream, night after night, and Gary is helpless, unable to stop the dream’s inevitable and horrifying conclusion. The woman seems strangely familiar…is she someone from his dark past? Is she even real? All he knows for certain is that she needs his help, or she will die.

The author Greg Enslen grabs your attention and keeps it until the very last page of the book. This is the best book I’ve read in a long time. Once I picked it up I just couldn’t bring myself to put it down, I just had to know what was going to happen next.

Greg’s writing really brings the characters to life and you feel like you are in the story with them. This book takes you through a roller coaster of emotions from sadness and heartache to happiness. The Ghost of Blackwood Lane is full of suspense and romance. This book is definitely one you will recommend to your family and friends.

Fallen Out

By Wayne Stinnett

When Jesse McDermitt retires from the Marine Corps at age 37, he has no idea what he will do for the rest of his life. He only knows he doesn’t want to spend the coming winter anywhere cold. His greatest skill is killing people from up to a mile away and he knows there aren’t many job opportunities in the civilian world for that.

However, he also knows his way around boats and has an old friend living free and easy in the Florida Keys. Being an experienced diver and angler, he immediately heads south toward Key West and the end of the road.

With a single comment, a waitress in a waterfront restaurant in north Key Largo shakes loose a long dormant dream and Jesse runs with it. With the help of friends, new and old, he buys just the right boat to live on and soon starts a part time charter business.

Danger lurks in the sleepy little town of Marathon, in the middle of the Florida Keys, as well as in the swamps of the Everglades. But danger doesn’t expect to run into a man like Jesse. A man who will not only respond swiftly in facing it, but with a vengeance unexpected.

Collapse Depth

By Todd Tucker

Lieutenant Danny Jabo is a young officer onboard the USS Alabama, a Trident submarine. When a mad man tries to stop the ship’s vital mission, it’s up to Danny and the rest of the heroic crew to stop him.

I was a submarine officer in the early 90s.

Todd is a great story teller – I found the book very compelling. I also thought he did a great job explaining what made being a submarine JO such an awesome job.

Sometimes military thrillers can get bogged down with alphabet soup jargon, but that didn’t happen with Collapse Depth – it seemed like just enough terminology was used to maintain verisimilitude, and the words/acronyms that were used were explained well.

If there were a paperback version of this book, I would send about 10 copies to friends & relatives, since this is the first submarine novel that really shows what the job and life on a boat was like.

I was tipped to this book by a group of old submariners who couldn’t say enough good things about it. I assumed they were just pumping up a shipmate until I read the preview. I was hooked into the story from page one. I’d like to give it five stars but the grammar police in me can’t ignore the need of a proofreader. Screw it, any book I read cover to cover in one sitting that doesn’t have more pictures than words is getting five stars regardless.

Russian Hill

In the first book of the thrilling Chasing Chinatown trilogy, a killer is loose in San Francisco, and he’s collecting body parts.

SFPD has no witnesses and no suspects, but FBI Agent Abby Kane believes a dead hiker found ten miles north of the city is the key to solving those crimes.

The detective involved with the case thinks Abby might be chasing a ghost down a rabbit hole, but the more Abby digs, the more she begins to think the killer is playing an elaborate game and there’s an audience cheering him on.

In order to catch him, she must do the unthinkable: join the game.

“There is that element of danger and evil that twists throughout creating at times, a tenseness that keeps you on the edge of your seat.” — SeattlePI

The Almshouse

By Blanche King

Come travel into the 1930’s and through the doors of St. Margaret’s School for Girls. The place used to be an almshouse, until its previous occupants burned to death thirteen years before. The townsfolk are at a loss as to what started the fire. Some said it was an act of the devil. Some said it was a resident who had too much to drink. The building, miraculously, survived.

When a bag of bones falls on twelve-year old Julia, she finds herself thrown into the spirit realm and face to face with house’s past residents. Her new neighbors aren’t so lively, and some can’t even remember their own names. But as Julia soon discovers, there’s more to these people than meets the eye. One of these ghosts is not like the others, and Julia must find out why someone had been cut from the town records.

The Almshouse is a fantastic and quick-paced read. The I was drawn immediately into the Julia, the main character’s, world. It’s a world that is full of evil and injustice, yet is at the same time surprisingly innocent. This book is filled with charming and relatable characters, which are truly its strength. King does a remarkable job not only creating her characters, but growing them in believable ways throughout the story.

The plot moves rapidly, so watch out. I can’t say too much more without spoiling things. Suffice it to say that King has followed the Chekov’s gun principle to the letter, scrubbing this novel of anything boring or irrelevant. It’s a book you can finish on a weekend, but it stays with you. It’s a tale of good and evil, of childhood, and growth, and of sin and redemption. The Almshouse is one of the most unique books I have read in a long time, and I would highly recommend it.

Thriller: The Nocnista Agenda

By Christopher Hepworth

When sociopathic media tycoon, Leo Wulff acquires elite British social media company, Smart Lifestyle, he creates a secret database known as Nocnista to manipulate his victims’ Internet profiles to the extent it costs them their job, reputation, or even their life.
When Smart Lifestyle runs into commercial trouble, Wulff sends in brilliant negotiator, Sam Jardine to war torn Ukraine where he collaborates with some dangerous characters to secure the largest data centre in the world. But Sam finds himself in direct competition with the Russians, who need the data centre to fuel their next generation spy programme.

Wulff becomes the ‘Keeper’, extends his zealous campaign of assassination into Russian elite society, and destabilises an already volatile region, plunging the world into crisis. His murderous social algorithm uncovers a conspiracy by a group of Ukrainian monks, intent on restoring the Tsarist Rurikid regime personified by the notorious Ivan the Terrible.

As Sam falls for a stunning local politician, Natalya Alexandrova, he becomes a pawn in her ambitious plans for the rebel Donetsk People’s Republic. Only his extraordinary negotiation skills and his beautiful, but volatile Cossack protégé, Xenia stand in the way of the new ultra-nationalist regime seeking to reconstruct the Russian empire.

Loss Of Reason

One Of The Most Disturbing Stories You’ll Ever Read

Distant for many years, Franklin out of Pennsylvania and his step-brother Everon out of Nevada are connected by a single link: Their sister Cynthia.

Enter The Nightmare
A nuclear bomb is detonated in New York. Banker, wife, mother, Cynthia lives in New York.

The military has quarantined the city. All bridges and tunnels have been destroyed or blocked. Easterly winds have forced the bomb’s huge radiation cloud out over Long Island. But the wind is about to change.

In the Forest of Light and Dark

By Mark Kasniak

With one look at her you would think that Cera Singer from Saraland, Alabama is your typical teenage girl from a rural Southern Gulf town. That is, she faces all the problems you would expect a seventeen-year-old would face; boys, drugs, fitting in, her upcoming senior year, and on top of that getting her first car on the road. But what Cera doesn’t know yet is what will ultimately set Cera apart from all the other girls her age. Cera is a witch.

In this supernatural thriller, you’ll be taken along as Cera recounts her experiences in her memoir of how she discovered that the women in her mama’s family lineage were actually a long line of witches responsible for the protection of her new home and community. As Cera writes she will explain to you how her honest curiosity along with her rebellious, down-to-earth nature quickly got her into more than she could handle, mentally and physically, as she uncovers the many deep and well-hidden layers in her relationships with her mother and grandmother.

Synopsis:

After the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill shut down the fishing industry in the Gulf causing Cera’s Step Daddy Cade to lose his job, Cera and her parents find themselves in dire straits when they learn that their local bank is planning to foreclose on their home. Now just when Murphy’s Law seems to be at its all time worst for Cera and her family, news comes that Cera’s grandmother, Lyanna Barrett, has passed. But soon, Cera and her family quickly find out her passing isn’t all bad news. In an inheritance letter that Cera’s mama (Janine) receives in the weeks that follow her mother’s death, she is informed that she is to receive all of her mother’s assets which are to include a house in New York, a new Cadillac, and a substantial amount of cold, hard cash.

Reluctant to leave Saraland and move back to New York, Cera’s mama is torn but sees no other option other than accepting the inheritance that her mother bequeathed to her and make a fresh start back in her place of birth, Mount Harrison.

After arriving in Mt. Harrison, a picturesque, little Western New York village nestled in a valley below the forest covered mountain from which it gets its name—Cera quickly comes to the understanding as to why her mama, at age eighteen, had elected to run away from her home and head for the Deep South.

Nearly all the village’s residence, acting under a curse put upon them by Abellona Abbott (a three hundred-year-old witch that still resides in the forest atop Mt. Harrison and takes the embodiment of her teenage former self) treats Cera and her mama with utter contempt for bringing the Barrett blood line back into the village and thereby angering Abellona Abbott even further because of a grudge the witch still carries against the Barrett family that stretches back to the time of her death.

As Cera and her family try their best to settle into their new home and community, Cera immediately finds out, even before her very first day at her new school, that she along with her mama are not going to be welcomed in their new village which quickly becomes evident to Cera by the lack of acceptance she receives from several of her new classmates and her neighbor’s disdainful attitudes towards her and her family.

If Cera hopes to survive her senior year of high school, then together with the help of another village outcast named Katelyn, she has to piece together her family’s history in Mt. Harrison in connection with Abellona Abbott, and quickly develop her newly found magic skills before it’s too late.

KARMA

By Nancy Deville

An edge of your seat psychological thriller, Nancy Deville’s Karma explores the unimaginable terror of rape, sex trafficking and drug addiction.When a young American doctor is kidnapped in Istanbul, and trafficked to Mumbai she endures the unthinkable in a forbidden world of women and children where sex is key to survival and escape is the only way to stay sane.

I just finished Karma and it was an absolutely fabulous non-stop page turner. Nancy Deville truly delivers in Karma with her unique narrative style and exhilarating original plot. The American doctor is kidnapped and degraded in circumstances that truly make you ponder, “WHAT WOULD YOU DO?” While the main character is believable and fascinating I truly loved-loved-loved the other outlandishly evil characters. I really expected to get some kind of predictable ending but instead got something more what you’d get it real life, surprisingly unforeseen, making me ponder what Meredith would do now, wish there was a sequel! Nancy Deville’s Karma is a masterful story composed of esoteric facts, trivia, medical information, culture, language, and spirituality. AND I have to say few books evoke my shouting out loud, “No way,” and “Oh my GOD!” as many times as I did reading Karma.

Hail Storme

By W.L. Ripley

Vietnam vet and former pro football player Wyatt Storme is bow-hunting in Missouri when he stumbles upon a hidden field of marijuana…and is attacked by a vicious dog and shot at by a sniper. He reports violent incident confidentially to the local Sheriff…who is murdered the next day. Storme believes there’s a connection and starts asking questions, unraveling a deadly conspiracy of corruption, drug-trafficking and organized crime… and making himself someone that just about everybody wants dead.

The first novel in W.L. Ripley’s acclaimed Wyatt Storme series.

PRAISE FOR “HAIL STORME”

“Cadenced prose, an Ozarks setting, a football-star drop-out hero” and a small-town, drug-related plot add up to a most interesting debut. Tough guy Wyatt Storme, with few sleuthlike qualifications other than athletic principle, divides his time between Colorado and Paradise, Missouri. Having reported the existence of a marijuana field to the local sheriff, Wyatt further involves himself in local affairs when someone then murders the sheriff. A dry-witted bounty hunter, a pea-brained sheriff’s deputy, Paradise thugs, and various federal agents make for lively, if not unexpected, adventure. An undeniable treat” Library Journal

“Here’s one for the boys who like to kick butt. As much joyful bashing as it is ‘Red Harvest’ on uppers, though completely innocent of Hammett’s dark vision. Fighting the good fight has seldom been so much atavistic fun!” Kirkus Reviews

“Storme is one of my all-time favorite series characters, up there with Spenser and Dave Robicheaux,” Ace Atkins, NY Times bestselling author of “Robert B. Parker’s Kickback.”

Fallen Palm

By Wayne Stinnett

Jesse McDermitt lives alone on an isolated island in the Florida Keys where he runs a charter fishing business. Retired from the Marine Corps for six years, he wanted nothing more than to relax, fish, dive and enjoy the laid back lifestyle of the islands.

Russ, his former Platoon Sergeant and old friend, dies unexpectedly in a mysterious scuba diving accident and Jesse becomes suspicious. When his friend’s son comes to south Florida to ask Jesse if he would take him to a remote reef to spread his father’s ashes, the two men discover that Russ was murdered and agree to hunt down the psychotic killer together, unaware that their manhunt will lead them to a Caribbean terrorist cell.

Meanwhile, a beautiful woman has returned to the Keys on a manhunt of her own, distracting Jesse with the idea that he could finally leave his warrior past behind. The prospect of finding lost Confederate gold, several high speed boat chases and dodging demented killers, won’t stop Jesse from revenge. Surviving a powerful hurricane puts everything on hold as a top secret government agency tries to recruit him into their fold.

NanoStrike

By Pete Barber

**** 2013 Indie Book Awards Finalist ****
Terrorists attack a London Underground train, slaughtering two-hundred innocents in seconds with a nanoweapon small enough to hide in a hint of perfume.
First responder, Detective Chief Inspector Quinnborne, defies orders and hunts for the weapon’s unhinged genius creator. The authorities label Quinnborne a traitor, but when the nanotechnology spirals out of control, his grit and bloody-minded determination become humankind’s last thin hope of surviving a weapon of mass destruction that can be deployed at will and against which there is no defense.

If you haven’t read Pete Barber, you’ve been missing out! This is an absolutely stellar thriller from the first page to the last.–Outlaw Poet (A Vine Voice top 1000 reviewer).

I highly recommend this book for fans of thrillers, action stories, and techno-thrillers.–N. Wallach (a Vine Voice top reviewer).

While not wanting the bad guys to succeed, I still found some of them sympathetic at times, and even the most evil of the conspirators was involved in doing something that could have had a positive effect on the world. -BigAl (Books & Pals, The Indies Unlimited’s top review site, 2013).

Pete Barber has written a diamond here, a multi-faceted, huge blue gleaming diamond. And I’ll do my part to spread the word and hope other readers discover this author. -Benjamin Thomas (A Vine Voice top reviewer).

The characters were fantastic and helped to keep me reading because I cared about what happened. It wasn’t just about terrorists, but about people.–WiLoveBooks (Mom, blogger, and lover of books).

The story gives a very good description of how a terrorist is groomed for what comes to be believed as a divine mission for Allah. One senses the slip from rational to psychotic will and tenacity that guarantees success.–Viviane Crystal (A Vine Voice top reviewer).

39 SIXTY

By T.P. Johnson

“An angry husband and father. His missing family.”

“Mysterious strangers obstruct his path.”

With three days until Christmas, Aedan O’Beirne is in his typical foul mood, which worsens after he learns Ciara, his wife, is pregnant with their second child. He hates Christmas. He does not want children. He loves Connor, their young son, but for Aedan one child is more than he ever wanted. For him, it seems a return to high energy life in Chicago’s Loop slips farther away with each child born.

Afraid he will lose his job, he speeds away from their suburban home to attend the most important meeting of his career. Once in the Loop, he finds himself surrounded by mysterious strangers who seem intent on preventing him from appearing at the firm’s largest gathering in its history.

In this contemporary thriller, the suspense and mystery heightens as he pushes through one obstacle after another to save his job after his life takes a terrifying turn when he learns Ciara and Connor have disappeared. He sets out on a transforming and pain-filled race to find them. Alone, bloodied and bruised, he carves a path across the Loop and to the suburbs searching for his family. He knows he must locate them before the first stroke of Christmas, or he will lose his family forever. His love for them comes into sharp focus with each passing hour.

Set against the background of Chicago’s beautiful urban landscape filled with historic towers and skyscrapers, THIRTY-NINE SIXTY, does not release the reader’s interest until the last page is complete.

The Car Bomb

By TV LoCicero

Detroit’s top TV newsman Frank DeFauw hunts down the story of a judge who may be corrupt—and is one of his best friends. Booze, drugs, womanizing and a passion for the news are all part of what makes brilliant, erratic Frank a major player in this deeply troubled city.

Plagued by his own dark pleasures and followed by a deadly assassin, Frank is finally forced to decide if digging out the truth about a bribe to his pal the judge is worth risking his career, his family and his life.

With supple prose, brilliant dialogue, complex characters and a twisting plot, this opening salvo of The detroit im dyin Trilogy is a fast-paced urban crime thriller, a classic noir story of corruption, betrayal and murder.

“A compelling and wonderfully written piece of urban crime fiction…LoCicero has produced a gripping tale of corruption and redemption in Detroit.”–Victoria Best, Tales from the Reading Room

“a brilliantly composed and complex thriller… fast moving and gripping”–Christoph Fischer, author of The Luck of the Weissensteiners

“TV anchor Frank DeFauw is a wonderful mixture of cynicism, vanity, self-doubt, weariness and wit. A kind of local princeling, his boozy, womanizing path illuminates everyone he encounters in this tight and vibrant thriller, as well as the dark city in which it is set.”–Patrick, Amazon Reviewer

The Trials of Max Q

By Derek Ciccone

When the law ends, the pursuit of justice begins!

Born into a legal dynasty, Jack Lawson was a natural who was making a name for himself as one of Manhattan’s top young lawyers. But when his world came crashing down, Jack left the big city and his family’s powerful firm, to seek solace in a small village of Cooperstown, New York. There, he re-discovered his love of the law.

But the peaceful village is shattered when a body is found on the estate of the county’s most famous resident, and American hero, Drew Anderson. A man considered to be so perfect that he is nicknamed Max Q after the benchmark for systems perfection during a space launch.. And it isn’t just anybody who is found dead—the victim is widely considered to be one of the world’s most infamous women.

When Anderson is arrested for the murder, Jack ends up with the case that everyone wants to “go away,” and some are willing to go to the deadly lengths to make sure it does. Against all odds, Jack and his partner, Jessica Shepherdson, must risk their reputations, their careers, and eventually their lives, in an explosive race for the truth.

The Planner

By Alexandra Swann

Once a top-producing real estate agent with a successful business and a beautiful home, Kris Mitchell is a victim of the economic downturn. She has lost her home to foreclosure, and her long-time boyfriend has married someone else. Then, just when she has almost given up hope for a better future, an opportunity presents itself for her to become a Level 1 Planner for a newly created federal agency that will implement the Retire America Act of 2013.

After persuading her own aging parents to sign over all of their assets, Kris learns that the government’s plan to confiscate the wealth and property of America’s retirees in exchange for lifelong care in the Smart Seniors community has some serious downsides. As she relinquishes more and more personal freedom to hold onto her job, she discovers what it means to trade liberty for a steady government paycheck.

Dividers

By Travis Adams Irish

Dividers is a standalone novel that pays homage to stories told by Stanley Kubrick. Billionaire Jacob Calbraw has just started a relationship with famed singer Celeste Marie. Their forbidden love affair has stirred the wrath of Jacob’s father Earl Calbraw. Since the two billionaires have been at war for years, and Earl still has Celeste under contract, the situation comes to a head in rapid fashion.

To further complicate things, Jacob awakens frequently in odd places, having lost several hours from his memory. He finds himself in a filthy Brooklyn, New York bar bathroom, and notices that his body is badly beaten. After a bit of reflection, he recalls kidnapping a little girl, and locking her away somewhere. Though he cannot put together all of the details.

As the story churns forward at a breakneck pace, Jacob begins to learn that things should not be taken at face value. It seems that something dark has overtaken his mind, and the source isn’t clear. Has he been possessed by some malignant force, or succumbed to madness from twelve years of grieving for his missing mother? With each passing day the young man must question whether events are taking place in the real world, or if he is just riding the demon. Is he experiencing these incredible things, or is someone systematically hijacking his mind?

The Road to Key West

By Michael Reisig

BOOK ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING “ROAD TO KEY WEST” SERIES

“The Road to Key West” is an adventurous/humorous sojourn that cavorts its way through the 1970s Caribbean, from Key West and the Bahamas, to Cuba and Central America.
In August of 1971, Kansas Stamps and Will Bell set out to become nothing more than commercial divers in the Florida Keys, but adventure, or misadventure, seems to dog them at every turn. They encounter a parade of bizarre characters, from part-time pirates and heartless larcenists, to Voodoo bokors, a wacky Jamaican soothsayer, and a handful of drug smugglers. Adding even more flavor to this Caribbean brew is a complicated romance, a lost Spanish treasure, and a pre antediluvian artifact created by a distant congregation who truly understood the term, “pyramid power.”

“The Road to Key West” takes you on a crazy, intriguing trip back to the 1970s, when boomers could find adventure lurking around every curve. In this fast-paced tale of great friends living on the edge in the Florida Keys, Reisig lets you relive an amazing era. It’s easy to get entangled in their troubles, and even easier to drift off into your own past, recalling your own great experiences of the day. Why not spend some hours enjoying a time when the responsibilities of adulthood never crossed your mind. And don’t worry . . . though you’ll be transfixed in the telling of their dangerous journey, you can go along in the safety of your favorite easy chair. This book is simply FUN!

Too Close to Home

By Tressa Messenger

When the body of a beautiful and popular senior head cheerleader, Melissa Cooley, is found brutally stabbed to death at the local high school it sends the small coastal community in North Carolina into a frenzy.

To make matters worse…another body is found.

A slacker boy by the name of Ronald Marks is found hanging from the field goal post on the football field only a day later. Pamlico County native Detective Carma Jones and her partner Harold Green set out on a search for this ruthless assailant who is wrecking havoc in a normally peaceful community.

No one is safe and everyone is a suspect.

The twists and turns along the way lead them in a direction Carma would’ve never guessed. One filled with deep secrets that were meant to stay buried…

Lady Grace & the War for a New World

By Sandy Nathan

SOMETIMES COMING HOME ISN’T MUCH OF A HOMECOMING

Not everyone dies in the nuclear conflagration. Surviving any way they can, the lucky ones make their way to Piermont Manor, Jeremy Edgarton’s ancestral home. Jeremy is the sixteen-year-old tech genius who might have stopped the atomic war, but couldn’t. No one knows how much time has passed since the world blew up.

Join the characters of Earth’s End 1: Jeremy Edgarton, a man now, not a shrimpy nerd. Henry Henderson, the father Jeremy never had; Lena Henderson, the mother his real mother couldn’t be. Veronica Edgarton, Jeremy’s notorious and neglectful mom. And of course, Eliana, the exquisite dancer from another world.

They return to estate yearning for peace and a new life. But if you go away for a couple thousand years, you may find the neighborhood changed when you return. The beautiful estate is blasted to prehistoric conditions. Nothing remains.

That’s not the only nasty surprise awaiting them. Jeremy built a huge underground bomb shelter under the lawn. The estate’s staff took refuge in it to escape the war. Out of sight and mind, things have been cookin’. And not in a good way.

The rowdy villagers of the old estate have mutated into monsters fit for hell. Their world is hell––and all that keeps them down there are six round doors.

Coming home means fighting for their lives against new enemies. It also means finding new friends. Friends they may have longed for all their lives.

ADRENALINE

ADRENALINEis the best-selling medical thriller from physician author John Benedict, with over 110,000 books in print.

** Don’t miss The Edge of Death, the mind-bending sequel to ADRENALINE–now available!**

When patients start dying unexpectedly in the O.R. at Mercy Hospital, anesthesiologist Doug Landry finds himself the focus of the blame. Is he really incompetent or is there something more sinister going on? As Doug struggles to clear his name and unravel the secret of the mysterious deaths, it becomes clear that someone will stop at nothing to keep him from exposing the devastating truth. Doug becomes trapped in a grisly race against time to prevent more deaths–including his own.

From the boardroom to the recovery room to the thrilling climax in the operating room, ADRENALINE is a heart-pounding,adrenaline rush of suspense, action and intrigue in an
extremely realistic setting. If you like the novels of Robin Cook and Tess Gerritsen, ADRENALINE will leave you breathless.

Blood Memory

By Perrin Briar

The post-apocalyptic series readers are describing as “The Walking Dead at sea.”

Haven’s crew discovers a body floating at sea. With a six-year hole in his memory, Jordan remembers nothing of the Incident or the creatures that have claimed the land as their own. He joins the crew in their daily struggle to survive in a harsh new world where every meal is live or die.

But when a shipwreck forces them from the safety of the sea, the crew soon discover zombies aren’t the only monsters out to get them, and the means to their salvation might be closer to hand than they think.

From the writer who brought you the Z-Minus and The Swiss Family RobinZOM series comes this powerful first part in a new post-apocalypse pentalogy.

The Passion to Survive

By Dana L. Elgrod

Adventure, love, passion… What else do you need in life?

When Eva gets pulled out of the water and learns that she was rescued from a destructive tsunami wave that demolished the island of Tenerife, her paradise turns into hell. Together with a small group of survivors, including Ethan, a US Marine Corps officer, Lily, a six-year-old British girl and Jonathan, a young man from New Zealand, she waits to be rescued. The group soon discovers that a series of unprecedented disasters befell the entire world and they must now embark on a grueling journey to reach a safe haven.

Throughout the journey additional survivors join the small group and together they must face a new world order that is unexpected, thrilling and at times even chilling.

Ethan and Eva form an exceptional and powerful bond that over time develops into a sensual and stormy love affair, but the obstacles they face along the way and the additional characters they encounter, continuously challenge their relationship.

An erotic adventure romance about the true power of love and passion.

When the world, as we know it, is gone, all we are left with is the passion to survive.

Pelican Bay

By Jesse Giles Christiansen

Some things are better left alone…

After Ethan Hodges discovers an undersea cemetery just off the beach of Pelican Bay, South Carolina, he seeks answers from a grandfatherly fisherman named Captain Shelby. The captain wants the past to remain buried, and he warns Ethan to stay away. But Ethan doesn’t listen.

Ethan’s best friend and secret love interest, Morgan Olinsworth, joins in the investigation, unearthing intriguing secrets about the mysterious fisherman. When Captain Shelby is suspected of murder and disappears, a manhunt ensues, revealing a truth that unnerves everyone in Pelican Bay.

Editorial Reviews:

“Christiansen offers a tale sure to entrance readers—a story of love and wisdom and the mystery of a forgotten graveyard under the waters of PELICAN BAY.” —Man Martin, author of Paradise Dogs

“A riveting read sure to please mystery lovers. Christiansen pulls readers into the world of PELICAN BAY with vibrant characters, evocative imagery, and a tantalizingly mysterious sea captain. A seafaring mystery tinged with Southern Gothic appeal, PELICAN BAY offers a fast-paced story, hooking readers with a mysterious captain, a forgotten graveyard, a series of accidental deaths, and a coastal community with constant storms on the horizon. Dark clouds loom on the horizon in PELICAN BAY and mystery lovers will enjoy the resulting storm.” —Elizabeth Craig, author of Death at a Drop-In

“PELICAN BAY is a story full of suspense and intrigue that will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading the last word. While the dialogue is distinct, it is the prose that is volatile and sublime in equal measure.” —Jacinta Rao, Howtotellagreatstory.com

“An old undersea cemetery, a secret love, mystery and intrigue await you in PELICAN BAY. Jesse Giles Christiansen has written a well-crafted story of suspense that will keep you turning pages!” —The Dark Phantom Review

Creatures of Appetite

For fans of DEAN KOONTZ, JAMES PATTERSON and THOMAS HARRIS, a tale of snowbound terror and suspense:

They call it the Heartland Child Murders.
Everyone else calls it a nightmare.
Locked doors don’t stop him.
He leaves no trace behind.
He only takes little girls.
His nickname…

The Iceman.

A deranged serial killer roams wintry rural Nebraska targeting little girls with a demented purpose that no one can fathom.

Special Agent EMMA KANE, a former DC cop and damaged goods now with the FBI, is assigned to baby-sit burned out profiler JACOB THORNE, once the best in the business but now said to have lost his edge, as they both fly to Nebraska to catch this maniac.

Thorne is erratic, abrasive and unpredictably brilliant, but what he and Kane find in the heartland is much more than anyone bargained for, especially when the Iceman challenges them personally, where it hurts most.

The clock is ticking and a little girl’s life is on the line.

And maybe even more with that, once they find out what he’s really up to.

CREATURES OF APPETITE
By
Todd Travis

**Professionally proofed and revised edition as of 5.21.13, for more information visit the author’s Facebook page**

Readers who love “thrillers with heart” will find everything they’re looking for in this award-winning book – the first in a new suspense series.

A talented Irish musician reluctantly reinvents himself, disappearing into an undercover identity to search for the man who ruined his career: his own brother.
On a journey from the west of Ireland to the tumultuous city of Mumbai, Conor McBride’s only goal is to redeem the brother who betrayed him.

But he’s becoming a virtuoso of a different kind in a dangerous game where the rules keep changing—and where the allies he trusted to help him may be the people he should fear the most.
As the latest addition to the popular “thrillers with heart” genre, reviewers are praising this new suspense series and its irresistible hero:

“A true international thriller!”
“…an intense adrenaline-pumping plot with all the twists and turns you would expect from the genre and an irresistible hero. Kudos to Guare for creating my new literary crush.”
“…a refreshing take on the mystery/thriller/spy genre. I was totally glued to the novel, and stayed up late last night as I was so captivated with the book.”
“…unlike a lot of suspense/thrillers I’ve read, the characters were really complex and vivid. Conor McBride is an especially great character and I hated to have the book end because I wanted to spend more time with him.”
“If you like suspense novels, you’ll love this one! Conor McBride is not your typical detective/spy.”
“…pages and pages of sheer action that kept me glued to my kindle for a whole night!”
“I found myself worrying about Conor while I was at work and not reading!”
“Absolutely terrific book…The characters are grand, especially the hero.”
Scroll up to grab your copy of the first installment in this action-packed thriller/suspense series.

Inspired by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s account of a Soviet labor camp revolt in Gulag Archipelago, Volume III, the story of FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS follows political prisoners and security officials at a corrective labor camp in Kamas, Utah, where inmates seize control during the summer of 2024.

KAMAS, UTAH. 2024. America has become a totalitarian dystopia after the Unionist Party’s rise to power. The American West contains vast Restricted Zones dotted with ghost towns, scattered military garrisons and corrective labor camps where the regime disposes of its real and suspected enemies. Kamas is one such camp.

On a frigid March night, a former businessman from Pittsburgh, Paul Wagner, arrives at a labor camp in Utah’s Kamas Valley, a dozen miles east of the deserted resort town of Park City, which prisoners are dismantling as part of a massive recycling project.

When Wagner arrives, he is unaware that his eleven-year-old daughter, Claire, has set off to Utah to find him after becoming separated from her mother at the Philadelphia Airport. By an odd quirk of fate, Claire has traveled on the same train that carried her father into internal exile.

Only after Wagner has renounced all hope of survival, cast his lot with anti-regime hard-liners and joined them in an unprecedented and suicidal revolt does he discover that Claire has become a servant in the home of the camp’s Deputy Warden. Wagner is torn between his devotion to family and loyalty to his fellow rebels until, on the eve of an armored assault intended to crush the revolt, he faces an agonizing choice between a hero’s death and a coward’s freedom.

In FORTY DAYS AT KAMAS, author Preston Fleming offers a stirring portrait of a man determined to survive under the bleakest of conditions and against formidable odds.

The Flood

For three years, Travis Cooke has dreamed of reuniting his family, but not like this.

When the Flood hit, America’s East Coast was evacuated by every means possible. Hours later, a cruise ship assisting in the rescue lies dead in the water: no power, no communications, and nowhere near enough food. Thousands of refugees on board, including Travis, his-ex-wife, and their young son, find themselves alone in a big ocean.

Now, the escapees from the Flood face a new challenge- survive until rescue comes – and a journey into human darkness and heroism begins. Desperate to protect his family as the panic rises, Travis finds behind each door an unexpected new side to the Festival, but no way out. How far will he go?

Bonus short story in ebook: Locked in the Trunk of a Car, a sharp suspense thriller in a small package.

Green Kills

By Avi Domosheviski

What would you do if everybody expects you to do the “right” thing, and you think it’s wrong?

Ronnie can be a hero. As chairman of the board of a high-tech start-up, all he has to do is sell the company. That is what his partners want, what his fiancée is begging him to do, and what is probably the smart thing to do. But until Ronnie understands why everybody is pushing him in the same direction he will continue to stand his ground. Will it cost him his life?

The CEO of a promising start-up company is found dead in a luxurious hotel room. Two men who underwent what were supposed to be simple surgical procedures died on the operating table in two different hospitals. Are the deaths related?

Ronnie Saar, an Israeli working for a successful American venture capital fund, is unexpectedly promoted to partner. But before he can reap the rewards of his promotion, he must deal with these unexpected deaths and other ominous developments that threaten him and his life with Liah, his soon-to-be bride.

His attempts to get to the truth expose a bitter reality: In the business world, money is more valuable than human lives.

˃˃˃ A fast-paced thriller

Green Kills is a fast-paced thriller with a complex plot exposing what goes on behind closed doors at big businesses making big money. It leads the reader down the complicated path of venture capital funds’ decision-making, all the way to the unexpected finale.

The author is an experienced and successful high-tech entrepreneur who worked more than thirteen years as a venture capitalist in Israeli and American venture capital funds. This book is an intimate look behind the scenes of the mysterious “high-tech” world.

Critical Error

By Murray McDonald

When top CIA operative Sam Baker rescues a kidnapped CNN reporter and her cameraman from the hands of Palestinian terrorists, he uncovers a plan to devastate Israel. Unable to stop the attack in time, Israel is rocked to the core as over 4,000 of its youngest and most vulnerable citizens are slaughtered.

Four years later, retired and enjoying a new life, his own family is slaughtered in a bungled attempt on his life. Dealing with his would-be killers, Sam sends a warning to his brother, Senator Charles Baker, a presidential front-runner, that he too is about to be assassinated. Sam’s hunch is right and thanks to the quick actions of a Secret Service agent, the Senator is saved. Sam is left with no choice but to leave his new life and revisit a life he had left far behind.

After the devastating attack on its children, Israel’s leaders unleash an old and top secret plan in retaliation – ‘Project Ararat’. Rebecca Cohen, mother of one of the slaughtered six-year-olds and ex-Mossad assassin begs to be allowed to help in whatever way she can. With vengeance driving her on, Rebecca uncovers an even greater risk to her country and to America. The terrorists have managed to secure five nuclear weapons and plan to strike Israel and America

As Sam and Rebecca unravel the truth, their paths weave perilously together and they become unwitting pawns as their governments are more deeply embroiled in events than anyone would have thought possible.

As the nuclear deadline looms, we find out just what happens when you push a country too far…

Best clear your diary – you won’t want to put this one down once you’ve started!!!

The Prophet Motive

By Eric Christopherson

San Francisco Homicide detective John Richetti spent part of his childhood living inside an infamous cult known as the People’s Temple. As a boy he’d lost his parents to cult-instigated mass suicide. The memories come flooding back when he investigates the bizarre suicide of a former member of Earthbound, a New Age cult—and suspects murder instead. To uncover the truth he infiltrates the group, along with police psychologist Marilyn Michaelsen.

The new recruits find themselves pushed to their physical and mental limits by a series of sophisticated brainwashing techniques as well as by a cult leader, known only as The Wizard, who appears to possess psychic and paranormal powers. Even the psychologist’s expert knowledge of cults can’t explain The Wizard’s feats, and it isn’t long before John, like his parents before him, surrenders his independence to another . . .

Hollywood Blood

By M.Z. Kelly

LAPD Detective Kate Sexton and her canine partner, Bernie, return in this edge-of-your-seat thriller with laugh-out-loud humor. Hollywood Blood is the second book in the Hollywood Alphabet Series Thrillers.

If you think you’ve got problems, meet LAPD cop, Kate Sexton. She’s just been promoted to the department’s elite Robbery Homicide Division, along with her canine partner, Bernie, a first for the homicide unit. But things immediately go downhill when a famous singer’s manager is shot and killed during one of Kate’s mother’s psychic séances. While Kate tries to balance her troubled relationship with her mother and an ex-cop, things get even crazier when the killer strikes again . . . and again . . . and then targets those closest to the investigation.

As she tracks the killer, things turn even more bizarre when Kate learns the suspect in the homicides is the leader of a blood thirsty cult out for revenge. To make matters worse, Bernie’s sexual wanderlust is out of control, her best friend Natalie meddles in the case, and Kate’s boss thinks she’s leaking details about the murders to the press.

Hollywood Blood is a thrill ride, with even more sex, laughs, and twists & turns than the first book in the series, Hollywood Assassin. Other books in the Hollywood Alphabet Series Thrillers by MZ Kelly include: Hollywood Crazy and Hollywood Dirty. And coming soon, Hollywood Enemy!

Unintended Target

Travel photojournalist Chloe McConnaughey thought she understood her brother Tate—a brilliant programmer willing to compromise anything to get ahead. She just didn’t know that included her.

When Tate dies unexpectedly, Chloe copes by taking an assignment in the Caribbean where she meets Jack, a charming Manhattan escapee who almost has her believing life could turn around. But the illusion is shattered when a series of bizarre incidents leaves them framed for murder and running from killers convinced that Chloe is the key to questions Tate left behind. Suddenly Jack’s timely entrance into her life seems more than coincidental, but with nowhere else to turn, Chloe must trust this man who is not only charming, but also dangerous, and much better at evading capture than he should be. Strained to the breaking point by a life consistently marked by tragedy, Chloe fights a sense of hopelessness, confronting the age-old question: if it’s not all random—if God does exist—why would He allow bad things to happen to good people?

Hunted from the tiny island of St. Gideon all the way to Miami, Chloe and Jack desperately search for the evidence that will prove their innocence and eliminate them as targets of the shadowy conspiracy that will stop at nothing to make its problems go away.

The Revenge of Adam Defoe

By Evge0ny Levin

Is the greatest revenge really served cold?

Dr. Yoav Walberg is one hell of a lucky guy. He is heir to a huge fortune, engaged to a beautiful woman and is soon to be appointed to a senior position in a prestigious hospital. However, when his best friends become jealous of his success, they plot a devilish and sophisticated scheme against him. Will he notice the deadly spider webs woven around him in time to avoid the bite that will bring about his inevitable death?

As fortune continues to play with him, after three miserable years, Dr. Walberg in tragic coincidence arrives in Tibet, where he has once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to start his life from scratch.

After many years, he turned into the known and successful American businessman, Adam Defoe.

Will Adam Defoe uncover the true story behind the attempt on his life?

Will he pity the responsible?

The powers he must outwit are very dangerous, and he finds himself, once again, fighting for his life.

˃˃˃ A tightly-plotted, very well-executed thriller

The Revenge of Adam Defoe is a tale of human nature – greed, envy, jealousy and revenge. The main characters are 21st century people dealing with the issues of today in a world of consumerism, ambition and moral turpitude, but the moral of the tale is not smug or trite; it is human, thoughtful, and spiritual.

Mazie Baby

By Julie Frayn

Winner of the 2015 Kindle Book Award for Horror/Suspense.
Winner of the 2015 Indie Reader Discovery Award for Literary Fiction.
Readers Favorite Bronze Medal Winner
Named Best of Indie 2014 by Suspense Magazine

When Mazie Reynolds was a young girl, she believed monsters lived under her bed. Now a grown, married woman, she discovers one sleeps in her bed.

Mazie schemes to save herself and her daughter. Her plan will work, if she can out-maneuver the monster who is a master of manipulation and control. She’s got one thing going for her, the one thing she truly owns. Mazie has moxie to the bone. But will it be enough?

Told in third person, MAZIE BABY hooks you first with its descriptive sentences and believable characters, who right off the bat you can imagine being your own next door neighbors. Then it hooks you with the truth. Author Julie Frayn does not beat around the bush when she describes Mazie’s fear when her husband comes home and loses himself in liquor and rage; nor does she shy away from building up the tension in the house, from the second Cullen gets upset until Mazie, now bruised and bleeding, tucks Ariel into bed.

While the story isn’t definably a happy tale, it is an honest one that makes you fly through the pages in the hopes that Mazie makes it out free of her past in the end. The story truly is a tale of how “sometimes innocent people must defend themselves” and that opening up yourself to trust again is the best way to mend a battered soul.

The dialogue is raw, the character development happens at a life-like pace, and the story line – though depicting a desperate mother – never wavers on the edge of fantasy. Though fiction, MAZIE BABY could arguably be a firsthand autobiography for someone.Reviewed by Jessica Czarnogursky for IndieReader.

Mazie Baby by Julie Frayn is a dark, jaw-dropping story of spousal abuse. Riveting and mighty powerful. The language is direct, right to the point. I could see the scenes playing out and they were not at all pretty, to put it mildly but this must be what it is to be a fly on the wall. Raw emotion spewed around in the openness with no disguises. Clear and precise. At the same time, beautifully prolific. Caught my attention and the fury to read on never wavered. ~Brenda Perlin, Author

Behind the Closed Door

By Charles Prandy

In this sophomore novel, Detective Jacob Hayden is back.

When Jack Smith doesn’t come home from a business trip, his wife, Erin Smith becomes concerned. Before she has a chance to call police, Detective Jacob Hayden and his new partner, Patricia Jennings, show up at the house and Erin immediately knows that something terrible has happened. Days later a body is found in the woods without the head or fingers and it’s determined that the body is that of Jack Smith. Erin Smith becomes the primary suspect. After her arraignment Erin posts bail and without anyone knowing, flees the city…

A man named Max leads a group through a string of bank robberies. Each bank robbery leaves the branch manager and their families murdered. FBI Agent Jadyn Davis and Detective Hayden have to find out who’s committing these robberies before more families are murdered. But what they don’t realize is that the bank robberies are only a small part of a larger plot that Max has planned.

The Blue

By Scott Kelly

Derek may or may not deserve to be stalked by an unhinged ex-marine – he’s not sure. He did kill the man’s entire family in a car accident, and he may have been drinking, though thanks to the resulting coma he can’t remember much about that day. And that’s okay, because Derek is learning all about it from the district attorney as he explains to the jury why the young painter should go to prison.

Prison isn’t right now, though – it isn’t breaking into his home, stabbing him, or kidnapping him at gunpoint. And managing his stalker would be much easier if Derek could see him coming. But, he’s incapable of recognizing the man tormenting him, or anyone else. Can’t even recognize his own face in the mirror. Since Derek woke up from his coma, he’s been face blind: a rare condition that renders him unable to identify people by their appearances.

Anyone in Derek’s world of strangers could be his stalker. In this mind-bending thriller, the talented painter is pushed to a tipping point as his reality unravels at the hands of a madman.

Stylized and divisive, The Blue is far from a happy summer read. Part gritty suspense novel, part experimental literature in the vein of Camus or Joyce, it is a story for readers seeking a thought-provoking thrill. On the surface, Kelly’s provocative novel is about a man’s quest for redemption. Dig deeper and it asks questions about the nature of guilt, innocence, reality and revenge.

Fallen Out

By Wayne Stinnett

When Jesse McDermitt retires from the Marine Corps at age 37, he has no idea what he will do for the rest of his life. He only knows he doesn’t want to spend the coming winter anywhere cold. His greatest skill is killing people from up to a mile away and he knows there aren’t many job opportunities in the civilian world for that.

However, he also knows his way around boats and has an old friend living free and easy in the Florida Keys. Being an experienced diver and angler, he immediately heads south toward Key West and the end of the road.

With a single comment, a waitress in a waterfront restaurant in north Key Largo shakes loose a long dormant dream and Jesse runs with it. With the help of friends, new and oe right boat to live on and soon starts a part time charter business.

Danger lurks in the sleepy little town of Marathon, in the middle of the Florida Keys, as well as in the swamps of the Everglades. But danger doesn’t expect to run into a man like Jesse. A man who will not only respond swiftly in facing it, but with a vengeance unexpected.

Fatal Eclipse

By Dermot Davis

Dermot Davis has deftly crafted an intensely suspenseful novel about an ordinary man whose obsession with his wife’s fidelity goes way too far. It started with feelings of jealousy and like a mental virus it spread. Soon, Jonathan’s mind became attacked by thoughts and images he had no control over. Even though there was no basis in fact, Jonathan couldn’t help himself from an increasing paranoia that his wife was cheating on him. When he begins to test his wife’s loyalty he not only alienates her from his life but puts her in harm’s way. Struggling to come to terms with a buried trauma from his past, Jonathan has to solve the mystery of his own mind or risk losing his wife to the dangerous clutches of a madman.

Not only is this a novel about a troubled man whose obstinate obsessions spiral fatally out of control in spectacular, edge-of-your-seat suspense but Fatal Eclipse is also a fictional account of how deep-seated and forgotten childhood traumas can shape a life — for good, for bad, forever.

Hammers in the Wind

By Christian Warren Freed

Exiled millennia ago, the dark gods have tirelessly sought to return and bend the world of Malweir to their will. Their agents roam the world in search of weak willed men, knowing that only through corruption and chaos can their masters return. It begins in the northern kingdom of Delranan the night King Badron’s castle is attacked and his only son murdered and his daughter kidnapped. Angered, he leads his kingdom to war against the neighboring Rogscroft.

A small band of heroes is assembled to find the princess and return her safely but all is not as it seems. Badron falls under the sway of the Dae’shan, immortal agents of the dark gods, and unwittingly begins the final campaign that will reduce Malweir to willing servants of evil.

The hour of the dark gods return is now at hand.

I have just finished reading “Hammers in the Wind” and was quite impressed by it. I must admit when I first began reading it, there were so many characters that I despaired at ever being able to tell them apart. But after a few chapters, Mr. Freed’s skill as a storyteller began to emerge and I came to know each of the characters as an individual and began to get wrapped up in their adventures and perils.

The deeper I got into the story, the quicker I started to read becoming completely caught up in the politics and dangers of the author’s world. Before I knew it I was almost at the end and began to wonder how he could possible tie up all the loose ends and reach a satisfying conclusion and this is when it became apparent to me that this was only the start of an epic adventure. Now I’m hooked.

Deadly Straits

By R.E. McDermott

When very part-time spook Tom Dugan becomes collateral damage in the War on Terror, he’s not about to take it lying down.

Falsely implicated in a hijacking, he’s offered a chance to clear himself by helping the CIA snare their real prey, Dugan’s best friend, London ship owner Alex Kairouz. Reluctantly, Dugan agrees to go undercover in Alex’s company, despite doubts about his friend’s guilt. Once undercover, Dugan’s steadfast refusal to accept Alex’s guilt puts him at odds not only with his CIA superiors, but also with a beautiful British agent with whom he’s romantically involved.

When a tanker is found adrift near Singapore with a dead crew, and another explodes in Panama as Alex lies near death after a suspicious suicide attempt, Dugan is framed for the attacks. Out of options, and convinced the attacks are prelude to an even more devastating assault, Dugan eludes capture to follow his last lead to Russia, only to be shanghaied as an ‘advisor’ to a Russian Spetsnaz unit on a suicide mission.

Deadly Straits is a non-stop thrill ride, from London streets, to the dry docks of Singapore, to the decks of the tankers that feed the world’s thirst for oil, with stops along the way in Panama, Langley, Virginia, and Teheran. Richly spiced with detail from the author’s 30 years sailing, building, and repairing ships worldwide, it is, in the words of one reviewer, “fast-paced, multilayered and gripping.”

Fallen Out: A Jesse McDermitt Novel

By Wayne Stinnett

When Jesse McDermitt retires from the Marine Corps at age 37, he has no idea what he will do for the rest of his life. He only knows he doesn’t want to spend the coming winter anywhere cold. His greatest skill is killing people from up to a mile away and he knows there aren’t many job opportunities in the civilian world for that.

However, he also knows his way around boats and has an old friend living free and easy in the Florida Keys. Being an experienced diver and angler, he immediately heads south toward Key West and the end of the road.

With a single comment, a waitress in a waterfront restaurant in north Key Largo shakes loose a long dormant dream and Jesse runs with it. With the help of friends, new and old, he buys just the right boat to live on and soon starts a part time charter business.

Danger lurks in the sleepy little town of Marathon, in the middle of the Florida Keys, as well as in the swamps of the Everglades. But danger doesn’t expect to run into a man like Jesse. A man who will not only respond swiftly in facing it, but with a vengeance unexpected.

Stiger’s Tigers

By Marc Alan Edelheidt

The empire has endured many centuries but is now threatened by multiple wars and a major rebellion in the South.

A nobleman from an infamous family, imperial legionary officer, fighter and a right proper bastard of a man… Captain Ben Stiger finds himself reassigned from a crack legion to the rebellion simmering in the South. Placed in command of a truly terrible company, the 85th Imperial Foot, he is unknowingly sent on a suicide mission to resupply an isolated outpost, the garrison of Vrell. Along the way he must rebuild his new company, gain the respect of the men he leads, survive an assassination attempt, fight bandits, rebels, and an agent of an evil god. His companions on this journey of discovery and adventure are one of the few remaining elven rangers and a paladin on a quest for the High Father.

The battle to save the empire and the world begins here in the first book of this exciting new series!

Border Crossings: A Catherine James Thriller

By Michael Weems

Caution: Book contains adult content including violence and language on par with a cartel crime thriller. Reader discretion advised.

Two worlds collide when the corruption and crime from one of Mexico’s most violent cartels spreads over the border. Taylor Woodall, a sophomore at the University of Texas, has been kidnapped in Cancun while on spring break. Private investigator Catherine James is on the case, but when the evidence begins pointing to a violent drug gang and the cartel puts out a hit on our heroine, she turns to the only man she knows she can trust . . . her former flame Matt, a war veteran with whom Catherine shares a complicated past.

Meanwhile, Yesenia Flores is a young, adventurous woman from Mexico who seeks a better life across the border. But no sooner does she set out on her trek than she becomes entangled in a web of violence and crime. Escaping the cartel’s clutches but a witness to a murder, Yesenia is running for her life.

North and South, their stories run parallel until their dramatic collision and conclusion.

Grant of Immunity

By Garret Holmes

WHEN EVIL HIDES BEHIND A BADGE, NO ONE IS SAFE . ..
It’s 1976, Los Angeles. Sarah Collins, a young mother of two, is brutally raped and murdered at the Hollywood Reservoir. For nineteen years, the murder remains unsolved and the case goes
cold.
In 1995, the streets of Los Angeles are being terrorized by Jake Babbage, a traffic cop who uses his position of power to rape and murder innocent women. On his way to court one day, Babbage sees Judge Daniel Hart. The two recognize each other, and the terrifying night of nineteen years ago comes back to haunt the highly respected judge. The aftermath of the encounter brings long-buried secrets to light and tests the moral fiber of Judge Hart, who has committed himself to protecting those victimized by the very crimes of which he is now accused.

Sold Out

By Stan R. Mitchell

Author Stan R. Mitchell writes a tight thriller in his second novel Sold Out, which plunges readers into a deep, dark conspiracy and should delight those who loved the Jason Bourne movies, as well as fans of authors Vince Flynn, Tom Clancy, and Stephen Hunter.

Mitchell’s first book (“Little Man, and the Dixon County War”) climbed as high as No. 16 on the Amazon UK Paid List, and his fans are cheering his second book as an even tighter, epic story that shows what happens when free speech slams into the messy realities of national security.

Book Description: Nick Woods used to be one of our country’s greatest snipers. A Marine who completed a bloody, top-secret mission behind enemy lines years ago, he now just wants to live in peace with his wife.

But Nick is about to get caught in a grand conspiracy between a senior investigative reporter and a shadowy, CIA group.

After said reporter, Allen Green, breaks the details of Nick’s story — blowing the top off America’s national security — both Nick and Allen find themselves in the sights of a CIA hunter-killer group.

This CIA group breaks the law and kills at will, and they’ll stop at nothing to take down Nick Woods and the reporter who published the earth-shattering story he’d been chasing for years

The Great Game

By D.R. Bell

After years of patient preparation, a block of countries led by China and Russia stages an overnight financial coup to unseat the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Fortunes are made and lost in a matter of hours. But some have more far-ranging plans than financial gain.
Computer engineer David Ferguson has no idea that a chance meeting with a friendly stranger in the airport will change everything. Suddenly, he is running for his life, without knowing why or from whom. In trying to evade his pursuers, David accidentally involves Maggie Sappin, a graduate student and a transplant from Kiev. To save themselves, they have to uncover the reasons behind a financial crisis and political upheaval that followed. From Los Angeles to Texas, Kiev, Moscow, and New York, the body count mounts along with the layers of deception as two innocent people become key players in—The Great Game.
This is a work of fiction. But what are presented in the story as facts of the time of writing are indeed facts in real life. And if some elements look hard to imagine, back in the early 1980s one would have been laughed at for suggesting that in a few short years people would be dancing on top of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union would be no longer.
While The Great Game has originally been conceived as a stand-alone work, it is now the middle book in The Counterpoint trilogy. The prequel, called The Metronome, has been published in August of 2014. The sequel, called The Outer Circle, will be published in April of 2015. The Great Game and The Metronome are largely independent, with only a minor overlap amongst the characters. The Outer Circle brings the heroes of the two earlier books together to conclude their journey.

Agent of Influence: A Thriller

Cairo, Egypt, 1953 – A secret sect calling itself the Brotherhood of the Caliphate splinters off from the Muslim Brotherhood as the storm clouds of revolution gather.

Louisville, KY, 1973 – Political power broker and multi-millionaire Aman Kazim’s Derby contending thoroughbred is slaughtered just hours before the race.

Las Vegas, Nevada, 2004 – An unusual joint FBI/CIA operation goes horribly wrong as CIA agent Anna Starks vanishes in the glittering lights of sin city while attempting to track down a potential threat to the country.

Washington DC, 2005 – Zachariah Hardin, a politician with a mysterious past has reached the zenith of his power as the first foreign-born president.

From the back alleys of ancient Cairo, to the glitzy nightlife of Vegas, to the corridors of power in DC, Agent of Influence is the thriller ahead of the news cycle. Find out why reviewers are saying:
“A taut political thriller that moves with speed and agility.” Kirkus Indie Reviews.
“This is one roller coaster ride readers won’t want to get off.” Foreword Clarion Reviews.
“tightly plotted…If you are into Muslim conspiracy theories this is a particularly timely book…There is a scene from the 1973 Secretariat win at the Derby that is worth the price of admission.” Bookreview.com
“I enjoyed this book as much as any Tom Clancy/Vince Flynn/Dan Brown/Ian Fleming novel.” Amazon review.
Agent of Influence also made it to the second round of judging and was one of 2000 novels/manuscripts considered for the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.

In 2003 the California recall election sparked an idea that turned Agent of Influence from a 50 page dead end to a full length thriller. Before there was a debate over a birth certificate there was Agent of Influence, the first novel from Russell Hamilton. A native of Louisville, KY, the book is an outgrowth of his travels, voracious reading habits, and fascination with history and foreign affairs. For more information on Russell and the novel check out agentofinfluence.org

Hunter/Prey

She has been planning this for ten years. She’s thought of everything and trained for this one single night. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

He’s a serial killer who has eluded the police for the last ten years. When his latest victim turns out to not be who she appears, the hunter will discover what it’s like to be the prey.

When these two very determined foes clash, there will be blood. One way or another,only one of them is coming out of this alive…

One word. Movie. This read like I was watching it on a big screen. I am a Sisavath fan, I won’t deny that. But this took that up a notch. There are only a few authors that I HAVE to read the next thing they write, regardless of genre or what the book is. Sam Sisavath has been added to that list. And this book did it.

Strong lead character. Strong antagonist. Great supporting characters. Non-stop action. Flows smoothly between action and introspection. Great scenes. Strong character development. You even start caring about the bad guy. You still want a nice ending, but you don’t expect to get it.

Highly recommend this book. Highly recommend that if you are new to Sam Sisavath, you can start here. It’s a great intro to his style. Nothing heavy, don’t need to go backwards in a series to catch up. Start here. Then go read his other work. You will not be disappointed.

Irreparable Harm

After eight long years, attorney Sasha McCandless is about to make partner at a prestigious law firm. All she has to do is keep her head down and her billable hours up.

When a plane operated by her client slams into the side of a mountain, killing everyone aboard, Sasha gears up to defend the inevitable civil lawsuits. She soon realizes the crash was no accident: a developer has created an application that can control a commercial plane’s onboard computer from a smartphone.

Sasha joins forces with a federal air marshal, and they race to prevent another airline disaster. But when people close to the matter start turning up dead, Sasha must rely on both her legal skills and her Krav Maga training to stop the madman before he kills her.

Covered in Coal

By Silla Webb

Carly Jo Simon believed that Colton Weston was her future, but he shattered her heart into tiny pieces. Just like any little girl would, she assumed her daddy would always be by her side. Unbelievably, he turned his back on her when she needed him most, leaving her with no one in her life to turn to for support. Without options, Carly runs away from the only home she’s ever known, leaving behind her heartache and the betrayal of the two men she loved most.

Seven years later, Carly reluctantly returns to Kentucky. Her daddy is dying of cancer and Colton is nothing like the boy she once loved and left. After her daddy passes, Carly must uproot her life in South Carolina and take control of Simon Coal Company, where she has no choice but face the pain of her past.

Can Carly keep her secrets buried deep beneath the black Kentucky coal and her heart safe from the fiery Colton Weston?

BRITT

DEGENERATE FLOOZIES…DASTARDLY GERMAN SPIES…DIRTY OLD MEN…SOPWITH CAMELS…AND A VIRGINAL HERO AND HEROINE WHO ARE ENGLAND’S ONLY HOPE….

1918. England faces defeat. Germany looks set to triumph. Only one man and one woman can save England.

Wriggles is the Royal Flying Corps’ greatest ace. Can he prevent a dastardly German spy ring from getting top-secret information out of France? Is he completely out of his depth in a world of devilish scoundrels, and flouncing, unashamed, near-naked scarlet women?

Britt, his childhood sweetheart, is working as a nurse at a hospital near Paris. Forever pining for the lost innocence of her childhood, she too has problems. Adrift in a world of dirty old men and dissolute hussies, she is fast approaching mental breakdown. She finds purpose in life as a slayer of German spies. Convinced as she is that German male spies have snakes growing out from between their legs, they are quite easy to identify. Another obsession of hers is to discover what Wriggles has between his legs…
As well as twists and turns of plot, exciting aerial combats, and a host of characters, from the suave, bollocks-obsessed Major Mullen to sexy, black-haired, pouting Marianne casting amorous eyes over our virginal hero, there unfolds (in the story of Britt and Wriggles) one of the greatest love-stories ever told. Will it end happily, or will Wriggles end up with a bullet through his head, and Britt strait-jacketed in a mental institution?

This is a novel of sexual and martial comedy, with no-holds-barred excitement and thrills, and more. It explores two flawed individuals who, heartbreakingly unable to come to terms with an adult world, begin to draw closer and closer together and discover feelings hitherto unknown to them. It is a sympathetic portrayal of two children trapped in adult bodies, and how one of them, Britt, tries to dig her way out of her schizophrenic nightmare with a courage and determination which deserves to succeed…

Will Britt manage to save herself..? And will Britt and Wriggles save England..? Will they find true love? Or does death and madness await them in a world dominated by Germany and its depraved supporters?

Evensong

By Krista Walsh

Author Jeff Powell wakes up to find the impossible has happened. He is within his own novel—summoned into the fictional world of Feldall’s Keep by a spell he didn’t write. One the House enchantress hasn’t figured out how to reverse.

When the villain he’s been struggling to write reveals himself, unleashing waves of terror and chaos, Jeff must use more than his imagination to save the characters he created—and the woman he loves.

Trapped within a world of his own creation, he must step outside the bounds of his narrative to help his characters defeat an evil no one anticipated, even if he must sacrifice his greatest gift. In the end, he has to ask: are novels really fiction, or windows into other worlds?

The Meratis Trilogy centres around author Jeff Powell, who wakes up in his sword-and-sorcery fantasy world. Initially an arrogant and close-minded character, Jeff has his eyes opened to a world of dragons, magic, and assassins. Faced with an evil he could never have imagined, Jeff is pushed to his limits and forced to rise to the most unusual challenges.

Amie: an African Adventure

By Lucinda E. Clarke

Amie was just an average girl, living in her home town close to friends and family. She was happily married and she had her future all planned out. They would have two adorable children, while she made award winning programmes for television.

Until the day her husband announced he was being sent to live and work in an African country she’d never heard of.

When she came to the notice of a Colonel in the Government, it made life very complicated, and from there things started to escalate from bad to worse.

If Amie could have seen that one day she would be totally lost, fighting for her life, and enduring untold horrors, she would never have stepped foot on that plane.

This is the second book by Lucinda E Clarke that I’ve read so far. The first was her very enjoyable and fast-paced memoir ‘Walking over Eggshells’ . The author can certainly write.

This book is a novel and starts off with Amie portrayed as someone who is rather naive about the ways of the world and has no choice but to uproot from her home town and travel to one of the nations in a small corner of Africa with her husband who is offered a job there. At first the large house with a local maid and gardener, which was more or less normal for the British ex-pats living in the country, was a bit of a shock, as were the customs of the people mainly how bribery and dishonesty seemed to be a way of life there. Her lifestyle was treated with some envy and suspicion when she tried to explain it to her friends and family back home and she feels more and more alienated from them. Aime soon adapts and and finds her place in the community of ex-pats, with the help of an older woman and her husband who befriend the couple. Unwittingly, Amie is dragged into a government propaganda campaign which becomes more and more horrific. Events are then taken out of everyone’s hands and Amie is in fear for her life. Without giving any spoilers away, this is a fast-paced, at times nail biting book that I couldn’t put down. I read this in two days because I really wanted to know what happened next.

Deadly Lies

By Chris Patchell

As a teenager, Jill Shannon fell victim to her stepfather’s cruel abuse. Now, as an adult, Jill’s made it—she has a successful career and a solid, if not static, marriage to Detective Alex Shannon. Together they live out what seems to be a perfect life in Seattle.

The vow she made as a teenager to never again be a victim lies dormant—until one day a reporter lures her to his hotel room under the pretense of an interview—and suddenly it all comes rushing back.

Jill seeks revenge on the reporter, triggering a series of events that leads Jill down a wormhole of retribution, forcing her to spin an ever-widening web of lies.

Meanwhile, Alex is on the case of a series of murders that began as cyber relationships. There seems to be a familiar fingerprint on these crimes, but Alex refuses to believe that the murderer could be so close to him.

For those who couldn’t put down The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo comes a thrilling ride a la Mr. and Mrs. Smith, where husband and wife stand on opposite sides of a divide created by lies and rooted in a dark and deadly past.

The Seventh Pillar

A fanatical terrorist has visions commanding him to begin the Apocalypse and bring about the End of Days…

An ancient brotherhood of assassins hidden for centuries reappears…

A truck carrying a terrible weapon leaves Sudan for the lawless mountains of Algeria and an unknown destination…

The PROJECT sends Nick Carter and Selena Connor to the burning wastelands of Western Africa, the back streets of San Diego and the bitter mountains of the Hindu Kush, before a final confrontation that will decide the future of Western civilization.

Saving Babe Ruth

By Tom Swyers

When Civil War buff and burned-out lawyer David Thompson fights to save a kids’ baseball league, he’s launched on a thrill ride that threatens his family, his team, and his life. Captivating characters lead double lives and keep secrets in this award-winning page-turner based on a true story.

A cast of shady adults and the high school baseball coaches hate David for trying to save it. They’ll do anything to wreck the league so that their elite travel teams can take over its beautiful ball field, even if it means going after David and his family.

The harder David battles to save the league, the worse things get. He’s in way over his head and he’s also stuck in a family catch-22. If he surrenders, he might lose his son’s love along with his own self-respect to say nothing of losing baseball for the sandlot kids in town. Yet if he doesn’t back down, he’ll lose his marriage and his son will lose any chance to play on the high school team.

To make things right, underdog David Thompson needs to know when to fold and when to fight. He’s being pushed and shoved to his breaking point and only one thing is for sure: If he snaps, he’s not planning on taking prisoners.

David is on an emotional roller coaster and he can’t get off. He’s fighting his own civil war as he struggles to make a difference in the town he cherishes without bringing harm to the family he loves.New York Times bestselling author Margot Livesey says Swyers “has created a man for all seasons” in David Thompson and calls Saving Babe Ruth “an absorbing and compulsively readable novel.”

Betrayal

By Tim Tigner

Presumed dead after an attack blamed on al-Qaeda, FBI Agent Odysseus Carr is running for his life with the missionary doctor who rescued him in Iran. Meanwhile, the same power players who sent Odi to his death are now manipulating an FBI profiler into blindly tracking him down. She’s not just their best, she’s also his sister.

As Odi unravels a devious plot of profound political manipulation and global consequence, the hunted becomes the hunter, and the real terror begins.

True Conviction

By James P. Sumner

Meet Adrian Hell, one of the deadliest professional assassins to ever pick up a gun.

In True Conviction, he takes a job in the sun-soaked city of Heaven’s Valley, a paradise of sin and the jewel of Nevada. His contract? Kill a man who has stolen from the local mob boss. Sounds simple, right?

The job quickly turns sour, and Adrian discovers a much larger threat looming in the shadows. He finds himself in the crosshairs of a powerful adversary, and he must use his skills to survive long enough to stop a terrorist attack that could act as a catalyst for another world war.

Adrian is pushed beyond his limits, tested to breaking point, and forced to overcome tremendous odds in order to do what’s right in this fast paced action thriller… even if it means going against his killer instincts. Filled with dark humor, relentless action, and thrilling characters, this is THE next big series for fans of thrillers with a strong anti-hero at their core.

The Devil’s Deep

By Michael Wallace

Chad Lett is a mute witness to an attempted murder. He suffers from total paralysis, locked within a prison of his own mind. After years of silence, he establishes contact with a young nurse’s aide through a single blinking eye, but then she is abducted and a staff member begins to administer dropperfuls of cleaning solution into his communicating eye.

A heart-pounding thriller that will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned, the Devil’s Deep travels from the hell of a long-term care facility to the rain forest of Costa Rica. And a crime committed under tropical waters, the dive known as El Bajo del Diablo–the Devil’s Deep.

Fallen Out: A Jesse McDermitt Novel

By Wayne Stinnett

When Jesse McDermitt retires from the Marine Corps at age 37, he has no idea what he will do for the rest of his life. He only knows he doesn’t want to spend the coming winter anywhere cold. His greatest skill is killing people from up to a mile away and he knows there aren’t many job opportunities in the civilian world for that.

However, he also knows his way around boats and has an old friend living free and easy in the Florida Keys. Being an experienced diver and angler, he immediately heads south toward Key West and the end of the road.

With a single comment, a waitress in a waterfront restaurant in north Key Largo shakes loose a long dormant dream and Jesse runs with it. With the help of friends, new and old, he buys just the right boat to live on and soon starts a part time charter business.

Danger lurks in the sleepy little town of Marathon, in the middle of the Florida Keys, as well as in the swamps of the Everglades. But danger doesn’t expect to run into a man like Jesse. A man who will not only respond swiftly in facing it, but with a vengeance unexpected.

The Insiders

By Craig Hickman

The Insiders by New York Times bestselling author Craig Hickman does something altogether original, and genius. Part deference to the American dream, part economic conspiracy with a shocking twist, part knock down, drag out, high-octane entertainment, this novel is spellbinding fury and long overdue.

Wilson Fielder is an unsuspecting hero. A rising star at a prestigious management consulting firm, he has challenged more than a few overbearing corporate titans, but it is not until there is an attempt on his father’s life that he is forced to take it to the street.

His father is none other than Charles Fielder, a brilliant businessman who founded an exclusive club of the world’s most powerful CEOs that has unparalleled perks such as limitless legal protection and unimaginable personal wealth, not to mention lavish retreats, sexual favors, and access to the world’s deadliest contract killers. It is the ultimate insiders club—a complex web of insider trading, back scratching and, inevitably, backstabbing.

Ultimately, Wilson uncovers his father’s real agenda for leveling the playing field and vows to finish the job, but only to meet the iron fist of Wayland Tate who is backed by international wealthy elite and will stop at nothing to destroy his opponents. In the end, Wilson must win this battle not only to avenge his father, but for all of us.

American Warrior

By James Snyder

The year is 1961. America has a new president, named John F. Kennedy, and a new era the newspapers are calling the Dawn of Camelot. But for ten-year-old Paul Brett, dealing with an abusive father and the immigrant gangs roaming his slum neighborhood of China Slough, America is only a small, dead-end place he is struggling to survive.

That is, until the night a mysterious stranger comes out of the darkness to his rescue, and initiates a journey—an unforgettable odyssey—beyond his wildest imagination.

From his unlikely beginnings in a brutal California migrant camp, into the darkest underbelly of a distant and unpopular war, to his final and, perhaps, most deadly struggle for survival inside the bowels of a near-medieval military prison, AMERICAN WARRIOR follows one young man’s breathtaking and mesmerizing journey into hell.

Apocalypse Island: A Blue Light Thriller

By Mark Edward Hall

Danny Wolf, a gifted musician with alcohol problems is witnessing brutal murder in his dreams. Someone is carving a cross on each of the young female victims before crucifying them.

Newly released from prison for a crime he did not commit, Wolf is having trouble adjusting to civilian life. He believes the dreams are a symptom of his adjustment until he discovers that they are real and that the victims are his own groupies. He soon begins to doubt his sanity. Could he be a homicidal madman?

Wolf has no memory of his early childhood but discovers that he spent his first eight years in a Catholic orphanage on a mysterious island off the coast of Maine. Is it possible that his early life and the murders are somehow connected?

Soon the killings become more bold and gruesome, as members of the church begin to die.

Enter Police Lieutenant Rick Jennings and his young assistant Laura Higgins. They discover a government conspiracy involving the Catholic Church, and a cold war CIA mind control program known as MK-Ultra where children were used as test subjects.

Danny Wolf becomes the number one suspect in the murders, but no one, not even Wolf, is prepared for what they discover on Apocalypse Island, a mind blowing secret that was supposed to stay hidden forever.

Apocalypse Island is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you guessing until the shocking conclusion.

Free Falling

By Susan Kiernan-Lewis

A fun family vacation turns into an apocalyptic nightmare when a couple and their young son find themselves trapped in the Irish countryside during an international crisis. With all contact outside the country gone, all electricity and all non horse-powered vehicles useless and desperate bands of outlaws roaming the Emerald Isle, the time has come for one soft American family to reach deep within for the reserve of brains and courage to survive.

If you enjoy reading exciting, well written and edited books, and stories about heroic people and brave adventures I promise you will love these books. All the stories seem to be possible to me in an apocalyptic world. Ms. Kiernan-Lewis leads us through her plots in a logical manner but you never know what will happen next. I highly recommend you start at book 1 and read the entire series. The first book in the series, Free Falling, is free on Amazon right now. Start there and plan on a wonderful reading experience. Books 1 – 3 , and Books 4 – 6 are also available at a bundle price on Amazon. Book 7 is available now, and book 8 is due in summer 2016, and there will be one more in the series after that. I am looking forward anxiously to next summer and missing Mike and Sarah and the whole group already.

THE SIMULACRUM

By Brad D Seggie and Linda Yezak

Less than a year after discovering a human fossil and a dinosaur fossil found together, paleontologist Wayne Oakford is murdered. His niece, Mary Dillard, believes the killer was another scientist who was trying to ruin his reputation. She hires a private detective, Gunnar Schofield, to investigate the murder. While traveling across the country, the pair learns that a secret society of scientists has been falsifying the fossil record to discredit creationism and support Darwin’s theory of evolution. Will she succeed in clearing Wayne Oakford’s name? Will the truth about evolution be exposed to the world?

“A fast-paced thriller with an intriguing scientific mystery…. [P]lenty of similarities to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, that blockbuster page-turner. This book moves at a similarly brisk pace, with short chapters, snappy dialogue and great chemistry between the two leads as they jet from one destination to another, one revelation to the next, one precarious bit of danger after the other…. [T]his thriller … delivers.”
— Kirkus Reviews

Veiled Obsession

I cry for the man I used to know, the man I used to love…until his love killed mine.

My name is Haley Macknight, and I’m dying inside. From the outside my life is every woman’s dream. I’m married to Jude Macknight, a sexy multimillionaire who loves me…too much.

Once upon a time, I loved him. But that love is dead. Unwilling to let me go, I’ve become his obsession. His heart is dark and damaged, and he will stop at nothing to make sure I remain in a marriage I no longer want, inside my gilded cage.

Each day I pull away from Jude, I watch him transform into a monster. Before my eyes, he becomes a man I don’t recognize, a dangerous man. He makes it clear that I belong to him, that my life is no longer my own. If I leave, he’ll kill me. But if I stay, I’ll die a slow death.

Backlash (A Diana Racine Psychic Suspense Book 3)

By Polly Iyer

When psychic Diana Racine’s old friend is murdered in New Orleans, her love, Lieutenant Ernie Lucier, brings her in to consult on the case. What she sees when she touches the dead man’s body is another man with silver eyes, a gang tattoo, and a bullet in the middle of his forehead. Before long, Diana and Lucier are drawn into a web of murders that stretches far into the past. The deeper they get into the investigation, the more it appears the deaths are the work of a group of vigilantes on a moral crusade. Vigilantes wearing the blue of the NOPD who won’t let anything or anyone stand in their way.

I’ve been a fan of the mystery suspense genre for 50 years starting with Nancy Drew . The Diana Racine books are among a very few at the top of my list ! Although each can easily stand alone, I would recommend starting with the first in the three book series ,Mind Games. It begins the story of a psychic who uses her gifts to help the police having dangerous adventures and finding love and friendships along the way .This author is the whole package. Her storylines are non-stop action, her characters interesting and we’ll crafted and descriptions of place and of the emotional climate are handled deftly . She does effortlessly what I believe all authors should do, she uses her words to show not to tell . You would think after all these years of reading mysteries I would be a hard one to surprise over and over again. Each of these books had me going till the very end . I hope there will be a fourth in this series . In the meantime I intend to devour anything else I can find by this author. Do yourself a favor . If you are a mystery suspense fan , don’t miss this series .

The Jakarta Pandemic

Cases of an uncategorized influenza virus appear in major cities around the globe…

Department of Health and Human Services officials claim that measures have been taken to safeguard the American public…

Most ignore the warnings…

Alex Fletcher, Iraq War veteran, has read the signs for years. A seasoned sales representative for Biosphere Pharmaceuticals, he understands the unique dangers of a pandemic flu and has taken the necessary steps to prepare. With his family and home mobilized to endure an extended period of seclusion, Alex thinks he’s ready for the pandemic. He’s not even close.

As hostility and mistrust engulfs his idyllic Maine neighborhood, Alex quickly realizes that the H16N1 virus will be the least of his problems.The Jakarta Pandemic is a terrifying, cautionary tale that explores the depths of human desperation and its unremitting influence on our decisions.

Fallen Out: A Jesse McDermitt Novel

By Wayne Stinnett

When Jesse McDermitt retires from the Marine Corps at age 37, he has no idea what he will do for the rest of his life. He only knows he doesn’t want to spend the coming winter anywhere cold. His greatest skill is killing people from up to a mile away and he knows there aren’t many job opportunities in the civilian world for that.

However, he also knows his way around boats and has an old friend living free and easy in the Florida Keys. Being an experienced diver and angler, he immediately heads south toward Key West and the end of the road.

With a single comment, a waitress in a waterfront restaurant in north Key Largo shakes loose a long dormant dream and Jesse runs with it. With the help of friends, new and old, he buys just the right boat to live on and soon starts a part time charter business.

Danger lurks in the sleepy little town of Marathon, in the middle of the Florida Keys, as well as in the swamps of the Everglades. But danger doesn’t expect to run into a man like Jesse. A man who will not only respond swiftly in facing it, but with a vengeance unexpected.